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Leading Financial Institutions to Join BrokerTec Chicago for First Day of Trading
New Central Limit Order Book for U.S. Treasury Trading to Launch Oct. 6CHICAGO, Sept. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives
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[{"type":"text","content":"New Central Limit Order Book for U.S. Treasury Trading to Launch Oct. 6CHICAGO, Sept. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that Citigroup, J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley will be available to trade cash U.S. Treasuries on BrokerTec Chicago when it launches on October 6.\n\n\"With leading financial firms on board for day one on BrokerTec Chicago, trading U.S. Treasury futures and cash will be more efficient than ever before,\" said Mike Dennis, CME Group Global Head of Fixed Income. \"CME Group is in a unique position to bring these markets together, unlocking value for our clients worldwide who want to more precisely hedge their risk amid record debt issuance and ongoing economic uncertainty.\"\nAt launch, clients will be able to trade all seven of BrokerTec's on-the-run benchmark U.S. Treasuries. To align with the futures market, these products will be available in smaller notional sizes and at tighter price increments. Clients will be able to use their existing connectivity to CME Globex, including the BrokerTec API.\nCME Group operates BrokerTec, whose platform for benchmark cash U.S. Treasuries and U.S. and EU repo transactions is the world's leading marketplace for fixed income trading. In Q1 this year, BrokerTec set an all-time single-day average daily notional volume record of $1.05 trillion across its dealer-to-dealer central limit order book, dealer-to-client request-for-quote and streaming platforms.\nCME Group U.S. Treasury futures and options also reached an all-time average daily volume record of 8.8 million contracts in 2025. \nBrokerTec Chicago is offered as part of BrokerTec Americas LLC. For more information, visit https://www.cmegroup.com/chicago-CLOB.\nAs the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and f...