| ForumEX LLC |
Pending |
08/21/2026 |
|
7 |
| Juice Exchange, LLC |
Designated |
07/24/2026 |
|
10 |
| Water Street Labs, LLC |
Designated |
07/16/2026 |
|
8 |
| Optex Markets LLC |
Designated |
07/09/2026 |
|
7 |
| Ludlow Exchange, LLC |
Designated |
06/16/2026 |
|
9 |
| ProphetX LLC |
Designated |
06/11/2026 |
|
7 |
| 365Prediction, LLC |
Pending |
06/10/2026 |
|
10 |
| Eventive III, LLC |
Pending |
05/20/2026 |
|
6 |
| Bullish Markets LLC |
Pending |
05/07/2026 |
|
7 |
| Limitless Markets US, LLC |
Pending |
05/01/2026 |
|
8 |
| Six Markets LLC |
Pending |
04/30/2026 |
|
10 |
| TLD Markets, Inc. |
Pending |
04/22/2026 |
|
7 |
| Smarkets Board of Trade Exchange LLC |
Pending |
03/03/2026 |
Also doing business as or under the name Smarkets Exchange |
7 |
| PredictCraft Mkt Inc. d/b/a DimeTrades |
Pending |
02/11/2026 |
|
17 |
| PMEX Markets |
Pending |
02/09/2026 |
|
5 |
| Xchange Alpha, LLC |
Designated |
01/30/2026 |
|
8 |
| Sporttrade DCM LLC |
Pending |
01/27/2026 |
|
9 |
| Gemini Titan, LLC |
Designated |
12/10/2025 |
|
14 |
| XV Exchange, LLC |
Pending |
12/09/2025 |
|
8 |
| tZERO DCM, LLC |
Pending |
11/21/2025 |
|
1 |
| RSBIX, LLC |
Pending |
09/16/2025 |
|
7 |
| Aristotle Exchange DCM, Inc. |
Designated |
09/05/2025 |
|
9 |
| Electron Exchange DCM, LLC |
Designated |
08/29/2025 |
|
9 |
| OneChronos Markets DCM LLC |
Pending |
07/31/2025 |
|
8 |
| QCX LLC d/b/a Polymarket US |
Designated |
07/09/2025 |
QCX LLC is now operating under the assumed name of Polymarket US. |
8 |
| Railbird Exchange, LLC |
Designated |
06/13/2025 |
|
9 |
| Quanta Exchange, Inc. |
Designated |
05/30/2025 |
Legal name changed from The Environmental Exchange, Inc. to Quanta Exchange, Inc. on March 19, 2025. |
9 |
| ForecastEx LLC |
Designated |
06/24/2024 |
|
9 |
| American Innovation Exchange, LLC |
Designated |
01/18/2024 |
|
8 |
| Inet Futures Exchange, LLC |
Vacated |
01/25/2022 |
Inet Futures Exchange (Inet) originally was designated as Island Futures Exchange on February 19, 2002. It changed its name to Inet on December 5, 2003. It never commenced trading. Vacated as of 1/25/2022. |
2 |
| OneChicago LLC |
Vacated |
12/21/2020 |
OneChicago LLC listed for trading security futures products and was owned primarily by Interactive Brokers Group, LLC, CBOE, and CME. |
3 |
| Coinbase Derivatives, LLC |
Designated |
11/23/2020 |
LMX Labs, LLC is a designated contract market (DCM) which started doing business as FairX but then changed to doing business as Coinbase Derivatives or just Coinbase. The exchange clears through Nodal Clear, a Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO) and part of EEX Group, which is in turn part of Deutsche Brse Group. As of 12/21/23, LMX Labs, LLC changed its legal name to Coinbase Derivatives, LLC. |
5 |
| Kalshi |
Designated |
11/03/2020 |
On January 17, 2025, the Commission granted Kalshis petition to modify its Order of Designation to permit intermediated futures trading. |
15 |
| NASDAQ Futures, Inc. |
Vacated |
09/16/2020 |
The Philadelphia Board of Trade (PBOT), was first approved by the CFTC as a contract market on 5/18/85. On 11/30/05, PBOT was deemed to be a "dormant contract market," but was subsequently reinstated as a designated contract market (DCM) by CFTC Order issued 5/26/06. PBOT was acquired by NASDAQ OMX Group in 2008, and the name of the exchange was subsequently changed to NASDAQ OMX Futures Exchange (NFX). Effective 11/7/13, the name of the exchange was changed again, to NASDAQ Futures, Inc. (NQF). NQF remained a DCM until 1/1/14, on which date it became a "dormant designated contract market" as defined in CFTC regulation 40.1. On 2/6/14, NQF submitted an application to be reinstated as a DCM, pursuant to sections 5 and 6(a) of the CEA and part 38 of the CFTCs regulations. On 7/2/14, NQFs DCM application was stayed pursuant to section 6(a) of the CEA and CFTC regulation 38.3(c). The stay was lifted on 9/29/14. Effective November 21, 2014, NQFs application for reinstatement was approved and its contract market designation was reinstated pursuant to Sections 5 and 6(a) of the Commodity Exchange Act and Part 38 of the CFTCs regulations. Nasdaq Futures Inc. was vacated effective September 16, 2020. |
25 |
| Bitnomial Exchange, LLC |
Designated |
04/17/2020 |
|
3 |
| Small Exchange, Inc. |
Designated |
03/10/2020 |
. |
12 |
| trueEX LLC |
Dormant |
11/01/2019 |
trueEX LLC intends to list interest rate swaps as its initial contracts. Regulatory services for trueEX LLC will be provided by NFA. Clearing services will be provided by the CME. The 180-day review period under section 6 of the CEA was stayed on 4/9/2012. The stay was subsequently lifted on June 7, 2012. |
10 |
| Rothera Exchange and Clearing LLC |
Designated |
06/24/2019 |
After a corporate transaction on Jan. 20, 2026, LedgerX LLC (dba MIAX Derivatives Exchange or MIAXdx) changed its legal name to Rothera Exchange and Clearing LLC ("Rothera"). |
13 |
| ELX Futures, L.P. |
Dormant |
07/01/2017 |
ELX listed for trading U.S. Treasury futures and used the eSpeed electronic trading platform. Clearing services were provided by OCC and regulatory services were provided by NFA. The last trade that took place on ELX was in June of 2016. |
11 |
| American Gas Exchange, LLC |
Pending |
09/20/2016 |
|
1 |
| Aqua-Index Exchange, LLC |
Pending |
08/10/2015 |
|
4 |
| EOX Exchange LLC |
Withdrawn |
02/20/2015 |
EOX Exchange LLC submitted an application for designation as a DCM on June 4, 2013 for the trading of financially-settled futures and options on futures in natural gas, natural gas liquids, power, crude oil, refined products, and agriculturals. Contracts would be cleared by LCH.Clearnet LLC. The EOX application was stayed due to material incompleteness on September 13, 2013 and was withdrawn on February 20, 2015. |
9 |
| NYSE Liffe US, LLC |
Vacated |
07/01/2014 |
NYSE Liffe trades precious metals. NYSE Liffe uses the LIFFE CONNECT trading system, regulatory services are provided by NFA, and clearing is provided by OCC. NYSE Liffe was vacated on July 1, 2014. |
10 |
| Kansas City Board of Trade |
Vacated |
12/17/2013 |
The Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT) was established by local Kansas City merchants in 1856 as a means of trading grain. Futures trading in grains began in 1876. |
1 |
| Nodal Exchange, LLC |
Designated |
09/27/2013 |
Nodal Exchange, LLC trades financially settled power contracts, including (1) locational marginal pricing (energy, loss, and congestion) or any component of locational marginal pricing of electricity at hubs, zones and nodes in the United States and Canada and (2) natural gas at Henry Hub. Clearing services are provided by Nodal Clear. Nodal Exchange, LLC was previously operating as an Exempt Commercial Market ("ECM") as of April 2009. Nodal Exchange submitted an application for DCM registration on October 11, 2012 and was designated as a DCM on September 27, 2013. |
12 |
| The Trend Exchange, Inc. |
Dormant |
05/01/2013 |
The Trend Exchange, Inc. was originally designated as a DCM on April 16, 2010 under the name Media Derivatives, Inc. which initially intended to list binary options on motion picture revenues as well as other media-related products. No trading has occurred on the exchange and it became dormant under the definition of dormant contract market in Commission Regulation 40.1(c) on May 1, 2013. |
28 |
| GFI Futures Exchange LLC |
Pending |
03/19/2013 |
. |
20 |
| Chicago Climate Futures Exchange, LLC |
Dormant |
03/01/2013 |
The Chicago Climate Futures Exchange (CCFE) is wholly owned by Chicago Climate Exchange Inc (CCX). CCX previously filed a notice with the Commission to operate as an exempt commercial market (ECM). CCS announced plans to wind down operations in August of 2011. Effective as of February 28, 2012 there is no remaining open interest in contracts at CCFE and all contracts have been delisted. |
0 |
| Green Exchange, LLC |
Vacated |
07/31/2012 |
The Green Exchange (GreenX) was designated as a DCM on July 22, 2010. GreenEx is a joint venture between CME Exchange and a number of other investment concerns. GreenEx offers environmental products. GreenX was issued an order of vacation on July 31, 2012 which will become effective 10 days after the transfer of GreenX's open interest to NYMEX. |
14 |
| NexTrade Futures Exchange, Inc. |
Withdrawn |
02/21/2012 |
At the request of NexTrade, the 180-day review period under section 6 of the CEA was stayed on 10/15/03. |
0 |
