Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago, United States
Abbreviation
CBOT
Location
Chicago, United States
Region
Americas
Group
CME Group
Product Types
Grains, Ethanol, Treasuries, Equity Index, Metals
About Chicago Board of Trade
The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) is one of the world's oldest futures and options exchanges, established in 1848 in Chicago, Illinois. Originally founded to address supply and demand challenges in the grain industry, CBOT grew to offer contracts across agricultural commodities, CBOT U.S. Treasury bonds, equity indexes, and metals. CME Group merged with CBOT in 2007, making it one of four Designated Contract Markets within the CME Group family.
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