ICE U.S. Dollar Index®.
From a legal perspective, the designations “U.S. Dollar Index,” “Dollar Index” and “USDX” are trademarks and service marks of ICE Futures U.S., Inc.
The U.S. Dollar Index is the exclusive property of ICE, also known as Intercontinental Exchange Group.
Intercontinental Exchange Group (ICE) is a global exchange, clearing, financial data, and technology company, operating multiple markets and services across nine different asset classes.
ICE operates 13 regulated exchanges, including ICE futures and OTC exchanges in the US, Canada, Europe, and Singapore. It also is the parent company of the well-known New York Stock Exchange.
Today, the company is among the largest exchange groups in the world.
So if you see “ICE U.S. Dollar Index®“, now you know why. It’s privately owned and trademarked.
Since the inception of futures trading on the U.S. Dollar Index in 1985, ICE compiles, maintains, determines, and weights the components of the U.S. Dollar Index.
The U.S. Dollar Index can be traded as a futures contract for 21 hours a day on the ICE platform. The U.S. Dollar Index futures contract derives its liquidity directly from the spot currency market, estimated to have a turnover of over $2 trillion daily.
Futures contracts based on the U.S. Dollar Index were listed on November 20, 1985. Options on the futures contracts began trading on September 3, 1986. U.S. Dollar Index futures and options on futures are available exclusively on the ICE electronic trading platform.
The ICE U.S. Dollar Index futures contract is the only publicly available, regulated market for U.S. Dollar Index trading allowing virtually round-the-clock access to futures traders around the world.
This is why the ICE U.S. Dollar Index (USDX) futures contract is considered the leading benchmark for the international value of the U.S. dollar and the world’s most widely recognized traded currency index.
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