
commodities market where futures contracts in financial instruments or real commodities (wheat, soybeans) are traded. Stock and bond indexes and options also are traded on these exchanges.
Major financial futures exchanges around the world are the following: Chicago Board of Trade; Chicago Mercantile Exchange/International Monetary Market; Commodity Exchange Inc., New York; Mid-America Commodity Exchange Inc., Chicago; New York Futures Exchange; Sydney Futures Exchange, Sydney, Australia; the International Futures Exchange (Bermuda) Ltd.; Financial Futures Market, Montreal Stock Exchange, Montreal, Quebec; Toronto Stock Exchange Futures Market; Winnipeg Commodity Exchange; London International Futures Exchange; London Metal Exchange; Hong Kong Commodity Exchange; the Gold Exchange of Singapore; and the Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange.
Industry Associations
National Futures Association
Futures commission merchants; commodity trading advisors; commodity pool operators; brokers and their associated persons. Works to: strengthen and expand industry self-regulation to include all segments of the futures industry; provide ...
Members: 3,772
Founded: 1982
Dues: commodity pool operator, commodity trading advisor, introducing broker, $750 annual; futures commission merchant (exchange member), $1,500 annual; futures commission merchant (non-exchange member), $5,625 annual; FCM FOREX dealer (exchange member with annual FOREX revenue of $500,000 or less), $15,875 annual; FCM FOREX dealer (non-exchange member with annual FOREX revenue of $500,000 or less), $20,000 annual.