CME Group

aid: cme-group
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cme-group/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: CME Group
kind: company
tags:
- Capital Markets
- Derivatives
- Exchange
- Financial Markets
- Futures
- Market Data
- Options
- Reference Data
- Trading
- Fortune 1000
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2026-03-23'
modified: '2026-04-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
description: CME Group is the world's largest derivatives exchange and operator of the CME, CBOT, NYMEX, and COMEX markets,
  offering futures and options across interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural products, and
  metals. CME Group exposes a portfolio of REST and streaming APIs through its Data Services Portal - including CME Reference
  Data API, Real-Time Futures and Options Data API, CME Term SOFR API, FedWatch API, Greeks and Implied Volatility API, EUR/USD
  Cross Currency Basis Index API, the CME ClearPort API for OTC trade submission, and iLink/MDP 3.0 connectivity to CME Globex
  for execution and market data.
apis:
- aid: cme-group:cme-reference-data-api
  name: CME Reference Data API
  tags:
  - Instruments
  - OAuth
  - Products
  - Reference Data
  - REST
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/market-tech-and-data-services/cme-reference-data-api.html
  properties:
  - url: https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/market-tech-and-data-services/cme-reference-data-api.html
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://cmegroupclientsite.atlassian.net/wiki/display/EPICSANDBOX/CME+Reference+Data+API+Version+3
    type: Reference
  - url: https://www.cmegroup.com/market-data/market-data-api.html
    type: Portal
  description: A set of JSON RESTful web service APIs that provide access to product and instrument reference data for CME
    Group, BrokerTec, EBS, hosted partners, and CME Group-cleared markets. Supports OAuth-secured access to product definitions,
    instrument metadata, market segment information, and trading hours used to power trading automation and risk systems.
  x-features:
  - name: Product Reference
    description: Lookup of CME Group product definitions across asset classes.
  - name: Instrument Reference
    description: Detailed instrument-level data including expirations, contract specs, and tick sizes.
  - name: Trading Hours
    description: Authoritative trading hours and holiday calendars by venue.
  - name: OAuth Authentication
    description: OAuth 2.0 secured access to reference data endpoints.
  x-useCases:
  - name: Trading Automation
    description: Hydrate algorithmic trading systems with current product and instrument metadata.
  - name: Risk and Compliance
    description: Drive risk and surveillance systems with authoritative reference data.
  - name: Order Routing
    description: Validate and route orders against the latest CME instrument definitions.
- aid: cme-group:real-time-futures-options-api
  name: Real-Time Futures and Options Data API
  tags:
  - Futures
  - Market Data
  - Options
  - Real-Time
  - REST
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.cmegroup.com/market-data/real-time-futures-and-options-data-api.html
  properties:
  - url: https://www.cmegroup.com/market-data/real-time-futures-and-options-data-api.html
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.cmegroup.com/market-data/market-data-api.html
    type: Portal
  description: Real-time market data API delivering futures and options price, volume, and open-interest information across
    CME Group markets. Available via REST and WebSocket on a monthly subscription basis from the CME Data Services portal.
  x-features:
  - name: Real-Time Quotes
    description: Streaming real-time bid/ask, last trade, and volume.
  - name: Options Chains
    description: Full options chain data including strikes and expirations.
  - name: REST + WebSocket
    description: Choice of pull-based REST or push-based WebSocket delivery.
  x-useCases:
  - name: Trading Dashboards
    description: Power proprietary trader and investor dashboards with live CME pricing.
  - name: Algo Trading
    description: Drive systematic strategies with real-time CME futures and options data.
- aid: cme-group:cme-term-sofr-api
  name: CME Term SOFR API
  tags:
  - Benchmarks
  - Interest Rates
  - REST
  - SOFR
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.cmegroup.com/market-data/cme-group-benchmark-administration/term-sofr.html
  properties:
  - url: https://www.cmegroup.com/market-data/cme-group-benchmark-administration/term-sofr.html
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.cmegroup.com/market-data/market-data-api.html
    type: Portal
  description: JSON-over-REST API delivering CME Term SOFR Reference Rates - the IOSCO-compliant forward-looking term Secured
    Overnight Financing Rate at 1-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month tenors - with real-time updates and full history.
  x-features:
  - name: Term SOFR Tenors
    description: 1M, 3M, 6M, and 12M Term SOFR reference rates.
  - name: Historical Series
    description: Full history of published Term SOFR fixings for backtesting and risk.
  x-useCases:
  - name: Loan Documentation
    description: Embed Term SOFR fixings into loan and credit-agreement systems.
  - name: Risk Management
    description: Drive interest-rate risk and valuation systems with the official benchmark.
- aid: cme-group:fedwatch-api
  name: CME FedWatch API
  tags:
  - Fed Funds
  - Market-Implied Probabilities
  - Monetary Policy
  - REST
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-tool.html
  properties:
  - url: https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-tool.html
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.cmegroup.com/market-data/market-data-api.html
    type: Portal
  description: 'REST API exposing the data behind the CME FedWatch Tool: market-implied probabilities of FOMC rate-change
    decisions derived from 30-Day Fed Funds futures pricing.'
  x-features:
  - name: FOMC Probabilities
    description: Probabilities of rate moves at upcoming FOMC meetings.
  - name: Historical Probabilities
    description: Time series of market-implied probabilities across meeting dates.
  x-useCases:
  - name: Macro Research
    description: Embed Fed Funds expectations into research and macro newsletters.
  - name: Risk Hedging
    description: Inform interest-rate hedging programs with market-implied policy paths.
- aid: cme-group:greeks-iv-api
  name: Greeks and Implied Volatility API
  tags:
  - Greeks
  - Implied Volatility
  - Options
  - REST
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.cmegroup.com/market-data/market-data-api.html
  properties:
  - url: https://www.cmegroup.com/market-data/market-data-api.html
    type: Documentation
  description: REST API delivering CME-calculated option Greeks (delta, gamma, vega, theta, rho) and implied volatility surfaces
    for CME Group options markets. JSON payloads accessed via the Data Services self-service API portal.
  x-features:
  - name: Greeks
    description: Delta, gamma, vega, theta, and rho per option.
  - name: Implied Volatility
    description: Implied volatility per strike and expiry.
  x-useCases:
  - name: Option Pricing
    description: Power option pricing and risk systems with CME-calculated Greeks.
  - name: Risk Distribution
    description: Distribute volatility-surface data into trading and analytics systems.
- aid: cme-group:eurusd-basis-api
  name: EUR/USD Cross Currency Basis Index API
  tags:
  - FX
  - Index
  - REST
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.cmegroup.com/market-data/market-data-api.html
  properties:
  - url: https://www.cmegroup.com/market-data/market-data-api.html
    type: Documentation
  description: JSON-over-REST API delivering the CME-administered EUR/USD Cross Currency Basis Index with real-time updates
    and full history.
  x-features:
  - name: Real-Time Index
    description: Real-time EUR/USD cross-currency basis index values.
  - name: Historical Series
    description: Full history of index values for backtesting and benchmarking.
  x-useCases:
  - name: Cross-Currency Hedging
    description: Drive cross-currency basis hedging strategies with the official index.
- aid: cme-group:cme-clearport-api
  name: CME ClearPort API
  tags:
  - Clearing
  - OTC
  - Trade Submission
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.cmegroup.com/clearport/clearport-api.html
  properties:
  - url: https://www.cmegroup.com/clearport/clearport-api.html
    type: Documentation
  description: The CME ClearPort API enables electronic submission of bilaterally negotiated OTC trades for clearing through
    CME ClearPort. Used by brokers, exchanges, and trading systems to automate trade submission and clearing workflows.
  x-features:
  - name: Trade Submission
    description: Submit OTC trades for clearing programmatically.
  - name: Block Trades
    description: Submit block trades and EFRPs (Exchange For Related Position).
  x-useCases:
  - name: Broker Workflow Automation
    description: Automate trade-capture-to-clearing workflows for OTC products.
common:
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/cmegroup
- url: https://www.cmegroup.com
  name: CME Group Website
  type: Website
- url: https://www.cmegroup.com/market-data/market-data-api.html
  name: Market Data APIs
  type: Portal
- url: https://dataservices.cmegroup.com/pages/CME-Data-Via-API
  name: CME Data Services Portal
  type: Portal
- url: https://cmegroupclientsite.atlassian.net/wiki/display/EPICSANDBOX
  name: CME Group Client Systems Wiki
  type: Documentation
- url: https://www.cmegroup.com/tools-information/webhelp/data-services-portal/Content/Onboarding%20CME%20Group%20Cloud-Based%20Market%20Data%20APIs.html
  name: Onboarding CME Group Cloud-Based Market Data APIs
  type: GettingStarted
- url: https://www.cmegroup.com/markets.html
  name: Markets
  type: About
- url: https://www.cmegroup.com/company/about-us.html
  name: About CME Group
  type: About
- url: https://www.cmegroup.com/contact-us.html
  name: Contact Us
  type: Support
- url: https://www.cmegroup.com/disclaimer.html
  name: Disclaimer
  type: TermsOfService
- url: https://www.cmegroup.com/privacy-policy.html
  name: Privacy Policy
  type: PrivacyPolicy
- url: https://www.cmegroup.com/openmarkets.html
  name: OpenMarkets Blog
  type: Blog
- url: https://twitter.com/CMEGroup
  name: CME Group on X
  type: X
- url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cme-group/
  name: CME Group on LinkedIn
  type: LinkedIn
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com