CME Group' s CVOL Index Now Streaming in Real-Time

Fazzaco learned that CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, has announced that  its suite of CME Group Volatility Indexes (CVOL) are now streaming in real-time. The streaming CVOL, now available to users on its official website (15-minute delayed) and on CME Direct synchronously, enables investors to keep abreast of the risk signals that nearly every major market gives about the future.

CVOL indicates the future risks in the market via the implied volatility based on the real-time option prices across 27 futures products and six aggregate markets. Investors may predict a market with significant moves when the volatility is higher, vice versa. Besides, investors can also track how the markets are influenced by certain critical events, which includes FOMC meetings, CPI data releases, OPEC meetings, WASDE reports and other market-moving events.

Additionally, the streaming CVOL will soon be accessible in real-time via CME Group's Market Data Channel, Google Cloud Platform and authorized data vendors. 

"In today's uncertain global economy, the ability to track volatility across multiple asset classes has never been more important so we are pleased to make our CVOL indexes available in real-time," said Derek Sammann, Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Commodities, Options and International Markets at CME Group. 

"CVOL is a powerful tool to provide indicators across the widest range of global benchmarks, from interest rates to currencies and commodities, enabling traders and analysts to better gauge the market's risk expectations. This is the latest example of how our market-leading, multi-asset class options market can provide enhanced tools and resources to help clients manage their ever-changing risk profiles," Derek added.

To meet customers' changing demand on risk management, CME Group has been enlarging its futures offerings. Most recently, the company anounced to launch euro-denominated BTC and ETH futures in August and European Overnight Index futures​ in Q4 2022.