The London Metal Exchange or LME specializes in non-ferrous metal trading. The exchange dates back to 1877 and offers futures and options contracts for aluminium, copper, nickel, tin, zinc and lead. See also: LME.com

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The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is a global, electronic marketplace for trading both futures and OTC energy contracts and soft commodities. ICE’s markets offer access to a range of contracts based on crude oil and refined products, natural gas, power and emissions, as well as soft commodities

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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is a marketplace for financial futures, foreign currency futures, commodity futures, and futures options. Also known as the CME or Merc. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is the world’s second-largest exchange for futures and o

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The Chicago Climate Exchange is a marketplace designed to trade credits for the emission of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide. The origins of the exchange are traced back to the CBOT’s Clean Air Committee which introduced the first spot and futures market

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Above: The LaSalle Street entrance of the Chicago Board of Trade The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) is a leading futures and options on futures exchange. Established in 1848, it is the world’s oldest derivatives exchange. The CBOT initially traded o

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The American Stock Exchange was one of the pioneers in index options and today trades put and call options on broad market, industry sector and international indices. Index options make it possible for investors to leverage an entire market to speculate or hedge against pr

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The American Stock Exchange (AMEX) is the third largest stock exchange in the United States and handles approximately 10% of all domestic securities trading. Located in New York, the exchange traces its origins to when brokers began meeting on the curb outside the

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