CME's all-weather gold futures saw strong demand in their first weekend, with nearly 15,000 contracts traded and active participation from retail investors.

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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group (CME Group), the world’s leading operator of derivatives markets, announced today that in the first weekend after launching its new 24-hour, seven-day-a-week trading mechanism, nearly 15,000 1-ounce gold futures contracts were traded, with a notional value of approximately $60 million.

Jin Hennig, Global Head of Metals and Managing Director at CME Group, stated:

“Gold is a global safe-haven asset, and global events do not stop on weekends. The launch shows that retail traders are ready and waiting for an around-the-clock, regulated, and appropriately sized product to manage their gold risk exposure.”

Adam Hickerson, Senior Director and Chief Operating Officer at Robinhood Derivatives, stated:

“CME Group’s 24/7 gold futures allow clients to trade regulated futures contracts at any time of day, any day of the week, from any time zone. This brings an instant, real-time digital trading channel for the world's oldest store-of-value asset.”

CME Group provides the world’s leading benchmark gold futures contracts. Since the start of the year, CME Group gold futures have reached a record average daily notional trading value of $125 billion.

CME Group launched the 1-ounce gold futures contract in January 2025, with average daily volume (ADV) in the first half of 2026 reaching 87,000 contracts.

In the first half of 2026, driven by active precious metals trading, CME Group's metals business set a new record with average daily trading volume reaching 1.3 million contracts, a year-on-year increase of 55%.

CME’s stock price has fallen 5.3% so far this year, closing up slightly by 0.02% on Monday.

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