View a snapshot of product launch dates at CME Group, outlining the historical first trading date for futures and options contracts on our exchanges
The list of products here is made up of some of our most-prominently traded contracts. For information on products launched within the last six years that are not listed here:
Unfortunately, we are unable to provide first trade dates for all contracts. Please note, if you are unable to find a launch date below or through one of the above resources, there is no launch date record for that contract.
Product | Futures | Options |
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Cash-Settled Butter | 09/05/96 | 09/05/96 |
Cash-Settled Cheese | 06/21/11 | 06/21/11 |
Class III Milk | 01/11/96 | 01/11/96 |
Class IV Milk | 07/10/00 | 07/10/00 |
Corn | 01/02/1877 | 02/27/85 |
Corn Calendar Spread Options | n/a | 06/01/09 |
Crude Palm Oil | 05/24/10 | n/a |
DAP | 06/06/04 | n/a |
Distillers' Dried Grains (Delisted May 11, 2015) | 04/26/10 | n/a |
Dry Whey | 11/16/98 | 11/16/98 |
Feeder Cattle | 11/30/71 | 01/09/87 |
Frozen Pork Bellies (Delisted July 15, 2011) | 09/18/61 | 10/03/86 |
GSCI Excess Return | 03/13/06 | n/a |
GSCI | 07/28/92 | 07/28/92 |
International Skimmed Milk Powder (Delisted January 14 2013) | 05/24/10 | 05/24/10 |
Lean Hogs | 02/28/66 | 02/01/85 |
Lean Hogs Calendar Spread Options | n/a | 06/20/11 |
Live Cattle | 11/30/64 | 10/30/84 |
Live Cattle Calendar Spread Options | n/a | 03/05/10 |
Mini-Sized Corn | 04/07/03 | n/a |
Mini-Sized Soybeans | 04/07/03 | n/a |
Mini-Sized Wheat | 04/07/03 | n/a |
Nonfat Dry Milk | 11/16/98 | 11/16/98 |
Oats | 01/02/1877 | 05/01/90 |
Random Length Lumber | 10/01/69 | 05/29/87 |
Rough Rice | 10/03/94 | 10/03/94 |
Soybean Calendar Spread Options | n/a | 06/01/09 |
Soybean Crush | n/a | 02/24/06 |
Soybean Meal | 08/09/51 | 02/19/87 |
Soybean Meal Calendar Spread Options | n/a | 06/01/09 |
Soybean Oil | 07/17/50 | 02/19/87 |
Soybean Oil Calendar Spread Options | n/a | 06/01/09 |
>Soybean-Corn Price Ratio Options | n/a | 12/13/10 |
Soybeans | 10/5/36 | 10/31/84 |
Synthetic Soybean Crush | 02/24/06 | n/a |
UAN | 06/06/04 | n/a |
Urea | 06/06/04 | n/a |
Weekly Soybean Options | n/a | 05/23/11 |
Chicago SRW Wheat | 01/02/1877 | 11/17/86 |
Wheat Calendar Spread Options | n/a | 06/01/09 |
Wheat-Corn Intercommodity Spread Options | n/a | 08/09/10 |