G10

Australian Dollar

Futures and Options
Globex Code
6AM5
Last
0.6298
Change
-0.0005 (-0.08%)
Volume
54,878
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Last Updated26 Mar 2025 12:32:12 PM CT.
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Australia’s resource-driven economy is heavily dependent on global growth and commodity prices. CME listed FX futures offer more precise risk management of AUD/USD exposure through firm pricing, convenient monthly and quarterly futures and weekly, monthly, and quarterly options, and flexibility to trade via a central limit order book, direct with blocks, or EFRPs.

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Features and benefits

Liquidity

$100B in daily notional FX liquidity, 3M in OI, and tight bid/ask spreads can help lower trading costs.

Capital, credit efficiencies of futures

Free up capital via lower margin requirements, futures leverage, shorter margin period of risk, margin offsets with other FX contracts.

Mitigate counterparty risk

All trades are backed by CME Clearing to mitigated counterparty credit risk, so you can trade with confidence.

Flexible and transparent market

See the same prices, quotes, trades as everyone else in the marketplace and make trades how you need to: central limit order book, blocks or Exchange for Physicals.

Nearly 24-hour access

Act as market-moving world news and events unfold.

Easily roll OTC Positions into futures

CME FX Link connects OTC FX and FX futures with one Globex spread, so you can add efficiency and better manage FX exposures.

Replicating OTC FX Market Positions with CME FX Futures

Explore the advantages that CME FX futures can offer traditional market practitioners in the OTC FX markets. See how to use CME FX futures to replicate cost-efficient, manageable synthetic exposure to OTC FX spot, forwards, and swaps.
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  • Contract Unit
    100,000 Australian dollars
  • Price Quotation
    U.S. dollars and cents per AUD increment
  • Product Code
    CME Globex: 6A
    CME ClearPort: AD
    Clearing: AD
  • Trading Hours
    CME Globex:
    Sunday - Friday 5:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. CT (with a 60-minute break each day beginning at 4:00 p.m.CT)
    CME ClearPort:
    Sunday 5:00 p.m. - Friday 5:45 p.m. CT with no reporting Monday - Thursday from 5:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. CT
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Last Updated26 Mar 2025 12:32:11 PM CT.

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Future VolumeOptions Volume

Australian Dollar CVOL Index

Track forward-looking risk expectations on AUD/USD with the CME Group Volatility Index (CVOLTM), a robust measure of 30-day implied volatility derived from deeply liquid options on AUD/USD futures.

CODE:
ADVL
CVOL:
9.4618
CHANGE:
-0.41
Last Updated26 Mar 2025 12:21:45 PM CT
PRODUCTS

FX Link

CME FX Link, the only central limit order book for FX swaps, is now available with committed cross functionality, helping you achieve greater capital and credit efficiencies.

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THE FX REPORT: PRODUCT NEWS, TRENDS AND STATS

Key economic reports and factors that move markets

Global risk sentiment

The Australian dollar is often regarded as a risk-seeking currency, providing higher returns historically when the global macroeconomic landscape is stable. Therefore, its price often fluctuates with the overall risk sentiment.

Reserve Bank of Australia

Meets 11 times a year to determine interest rates in the Australia.

FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee)

Meets eight times a year on U.S. monetary policy and the key interest rate. Any change will impact the global macroeconomic landscape, including relative attractiveness of other countries’ currencies.

Global commodity prices

Commodities drive the performance of the Australian economy, with the country’s economy moved by prices of commodities it exports to APAC countries that include China.

Market Commentary

View the latest insights on trends in the FX market.

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