CME Group Interest Rate Futures Open Interest Sets New Record of 40 Million Contracts

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CME Group (NYSE:CME), the world's leading derivatives marketplace, has achieved significant milestones in its interest rate futures business. The company set a new all-time record of 40,031,688 contracts in open interest for interest rate futures on August 13, 2025.

Notable achievements include record open interest in U.S. Treasury futures and options at 31.6 million contracts and SOFR futures at 13.7 million contracts. The company also reached a record 3,526 large open interest holders as reported by the CFTC. CME Group offers substantial benefits to clients, including $20 billion in daily margin savings across interest rate products.

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• Record open interest of 40 million contracts in interest rate futures
• U.S. Treasury futures and options reached record 31.6 million contracts
• SOFR futures hit record 13.7 million contracts
• Achieved record 3,526 large open interest holders
• $20 billion in daily margin savings available for clients

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• Record U.S. Treasury futures and options OI of 31.6 million contracts
• Record SOFR futures OI of 13.7 million contracts

CHICAGO, Aug. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that open interest (OI) in its deeply liquid interest rate futures reached an all-time record of 40,031,688 contracts on August 13. The same day, CME Group U.S. Treasury futures and options OI hit a record 31,615,333 contracts and SOFR futures OI hit a record 13,738,220 contracts.

Additionally, CME Group's interest rate futures reached a record 3,526 large open interest holders (LOIH), as noted in the CFTC's July 29 Commitment of Traders report.

"New open interest records in our interest rate, U.S. Treasury and SOFR contracts highlight the market's growing need for risk management and price discovery across the yield curve," said Mike Dennis, CME Group Global Head of Fixed Income. "As clients navigate global uncertainty and shifting views on monetary policy, they are continuing to rely on our interest rate complex for precise hedging tools with deep liquidity and significant capital efficiencies."

CME Group is the world's leading interest rate market, with futures and options for a broad range of benchmark products, including U.S. Treasuries, SOFR, Fed Funds, TBAs, credit and more. Its U.S. Treasury and SOFR contracts trade side-by-side on the CME Globex platform with BrokerTec cash securities.

Clients can access an unparalleled $20 billion in daily margin savings across the company's interest rate products. CME Group U.S. Treasury and SOFR futures are also eligible for portfolio margining with other cleared interest rate swaps and futures, as well as cross-margining with FICC-cleared cash U.S. Treasury notes, bonds and certain Repo transactions.

For more information, visit our product page at cmegroup.com/rates.

As 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 foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing. 

CME Group, the Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Globex, and E-mini are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc.  NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. BrokerTec is a trademark of BrokerTec Americas LLC and EBS is a trademark of EBS Group LTD. The S&P 500 Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC ("S&P DJI"). "S&P®", "S&P 500®", "SPY®", "SPX®", US 500 and The 500 are trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC; Dow Jones®, DJIA® and Dow Jones Industrial Average are service and/or trademarks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. These trademarks have been licensed for use by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Futures contracts based on the S&P 500 Index are not sponsored, endorsed, marketed, or promoted by S&P DJI, and S&P DJI makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in such products. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 

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FAQ

What new record did CME Group set in interest rate futures?

CME Group set a new all-time record of 40,031,688 contracts in open interest for interest rate futures on August 13, 2025.

How many large open interest holders does CME Group have as of July 2025?

CME Group reached a record 3,526 large open interest holders (LOIH) according to the CFTC's July 29 Commitment of Traders report.

What is the daily margin savings offered by CME Group for interest rate products?

CME Group offers clients access to $20 billion in daily margin savings across their interest rate products.

What was the record open interest for CME Group's SOFR futures?

CME Group's SOFR futures reached a record open interest of 13,738,220 contracts on August 13, 2025.

How many U.S. Treasury futures and options contracts did CME Group record?

CME Group recorded 31,615,333 contracts in U.S. Treasury futures and options open interest, setting a new record.