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Friday, July 24, 2009

CME : E-micro Forex Futures Are Building Liquidity Quickly

1/10 the standard contract size. Six Currency Pairs. Quoted in Interbank Terms.
This past March, CME Group launched six different E-micro Forex futures contracts. With the addition of these new products, the CME Group FX product suite consists of 49 futures and 32 options based on 20 currencies. These smaller sized contracts are a cost-effective way to access the security, transparency and liquidity of CME Group's FX Products. And since launching in March, liquidity has built quickly to ADV of 5,555.

E-micro Forex futures are quoted in Interbank terms and contracts are available in the following six currency pairs:
EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, USD/CAD, AUD/USD, USD/CHF.

For more information and additional resources on E-micro Forex futures, including a list of preferred brokers, visit www.cmegroup.com/forexmicros

To view free real-time prices on CME Group FX futures and options, including E-micro Forex futures, please visit www.cmegroup.com/equivalents

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