Nodal Exchange today announced new monthly and quarterly trading records in power and environmental futures. In power, Nodal set a calendar month record for September 2021 with 205.7 million MWh of traded power futures volume in the month, up 63% from the prior year. Nodal continues to be the market leader in North American power futures having the majority of the open interest with a record 1.094 billion MWh at the end of September.

Nodal Exchange also posted new quarterly and September volume and open interest records across the environmental markets’ suite. September 2021 environmental futures volume achieved a record 35,438 lots, up 244% from 10,292 lots in September 2020. September marked the second consecutive month of record trading volume. For Q3 2021, Nodal reported environmental futures and options volume of 77,825 lots, up 172% from 28,587 lots in Q3 2020.

Natural gas has been a critical component of the North American energy economy for decades, but recent fundamental shifts on both the supply side (production) and the demand side (electricity generation and exports) have brought natural gas back to the front of our domestic energy discussion.

Nodal Exchange’s natural gas products can be used to hedge price risk in the natural gas markets. In addition, our natural gas contracts provide portfolio margining benefits with participants’ Nodal Exchange power portfolios resulting in greater capital efficiency.

Nodal Exchange offers cash-settled monthly futures, spreads, strips and cals for Henry Hub Last Day and Penultimate. If you would like to find out more about our Natural Gas offerings, please reach out to our account management team: accountmanagement@nodalexchange.com or 703-962-9820.