Ferrous Metals futures and options

Hedge with confidence using financially settled contracts and industry-leading price indices.

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Manage price risk across the iron and steel supply chain

Ferrous Metals futures and options offer a suite of risk management tools for the iron ore and steel supply chain. Our financially settled contracts allow you to lock in profit margins, minimize supply chain risk and hedge effectively using industry-leading price indices. Benefit from margin offsets across the Metals product suite and gain exposure to global economic growth. 

Why trade Ferrous Metals?

Mitigate price risk

Lock in profit margins and minimize supply chain risk by leveraging their inherent price volatility through hedging.

Capitalize on the surging demand for ferrous metals driven by urbanization, automotive advancements, technological innovations and more.

Flexible trade execution

Trade over-the-counter and cleared through CME ClearPort and CME Globex.

Tools for your trading strategy

Build and refine your trading strategies with free pricing and analytics tools for Ferrous Metals products.

Ferrous Metals insights

Get our experts’ perspectives on current trends.

Master the Ferrous Metals market

Courses to build your knowledge

If you’re new to futures, the courses below can help you quickly understand the Ferrous Metals market and start trading today.

Contact a Ferrous Metals expert

Connect with a member of our expert Ferrous Metals team to get more information about our products, find a broker or to contact a market maker.

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