(1) US market
Mainly in Chicago and new york: Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), which is famous for livestock products, short-term interest rate Eurodollar products and stock index futures, and Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), which is the most successful in index options and individual stock options; The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX: the most famous oil and precious metals) and International Stock Exchange (ISE: Emerging Stock Options Exchange).
In June 2007, the merger plan of CME and CBOT was approved by the US Department of Justice. On July 9, 2007, the shareholders of CME and CBOT voted to merge the two companies, making CME the largest futures exchange in the world.
(2) European market
There are mainly the European Futures Exchange (Eurex) and Euronext, and there are also two London Commodity Exchanges: London Metal Exchange (LME) and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), which mainly trade energy products such as Brent crude oil.
(3) Asia-Pacific futures market
Mainly distributed in mainland Japan, South Korea, Singapore, India, Australia, China, Hongkong and Taiwan Province Province.
Japan's futures market mainly includes Tokyo Industrial Products Exchange (mainly energy and precious metal futures), Tokyo Grain Exchange (mainly agricultural products futures), Tokyo Stock Exchange (mainly trading treasury bonds futures and stock index futures), Osaka Stock Exchange (mainly trading 225 index futures), Tokyo Financial Futures Exchange (mainly trading short-term interest rate futures) and other commodity exchanges. South Korea's futures market has developed rapidly in recent years, the most famous of which is KOSPI under the Korea Exchange Group.
The trading volume of 200 index futures and options has ranked first in the world in recent years. The futures market under the Singapore Exchange Group mainly lists offshore stock index futures, such as Morgan Taiwan Province index futures and Nikkei 225 index futures. The main futures in India include stock index futures and individual stock futures listed on stock exchanges, as well as commodity futures listed on commodity exchanges. The Australian futures market is mainly local stock index and interest rate futures. At present, Chinese mainland has Shanghai Futures Exchange (mainly dealing with futures such as metals, energy and rubber), Dalian Commodity Exchange (dealing with futures such as soybeans and corn) and Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (dealing with futures such as wheat, cotton and sugar). China Financial Futures Exchange (hereinafter referred to as CICC) will list financial futures products, and Shanghai and Shenzhen 300 stock index futures will take the lead in listing. The Hong Kong futures market is dominated by Hang Seng Index Futures and H-share Index Futures under the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Group. Taiwan Province futures market mainly includes stock index futures and options listed on Taiwan Province Futures Exchange.
(4) Futures markets in Central and South America and Africa.
Central and South America are mainly Mexican Derivatives Exchange (mainly trading interest rate and exchange rate futures) and Brazilian Futures Exchange (trading various financial and commodity futures). The African futures market is mainly a futures market under the South African Stock Exchange, listing local financial futures.