Futures exchange is a place to buy and sell futures contracts, the core of the futures market, and a non-profit organization.

Domestic futures trading includes Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange, Shanghai Futures Exchange, Dalian Commodity Exchange, China Financial Futures Exchange, Shanghai Energy Exchange and Guangzhou Futures Exchange.

International futures exchanges include American markets (Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, NYMEX and International Stock Exchange), European markets (mainly European Futures Exchange, Euronext, London Metal Exchange and International Petroleum Exchange), Asia-Pacific markets (mainly Japanese, Korean, Singaporean, Indian, Australian, China, Hongkong and Taiwan Province Province) and other markets (mainly Mexican derivatives in Central and South America).