Nodal Exchange today announced strong performance in power, environmental, and natural gas futures in October 2026. Traded power futures on Nodal Exchange were 299.3 million MWh in October 2026, a 7% increase from the month prior. October was also the exchange’s second-highest month of power futures volume in 2026. Nodal is the #1 power futures exchange in the U.S. with 1.439 billion MWh of open interest and over 55% market share as of the end of October 2026. The open interest represents the electricity to serve almost all of the approximately 134 million households in the United States for a year.

Environmental futures and options on Nodal Exchange posted volume of 68,535 lots in October, up slightly from a year earlier. Open interest ended the month at 494,389 lots, up 14% from a year earlier.

Renewable energy certificate (REC) futures and options posted volume of 32,256 lots in October and ended the month with open interest of 387,476 lots, up 28% from October 2025. Carbon futures and options across CCA, RGGI, WCA and Carbon Offsets products posted volume of 27,907 lots in October and ended the month with open interest of 81,249 lots.

Open interest in Nodal’s natural gas markets reached 7,500,000 MMBtus as of the end of October 2026, a 43% increase from a year ago.

“Nodal Exchange is proud to serve these markets, and we are very pleased to see them continue to grow,” said Paul Cusenza, Chairman and CEO of Nodal Exchange. “Managing risk in these markets is increasingly important, and we will continue to seek to best meet the evolving needs of the participants we serve.”

ABOUT NODAL

Nodal Exchange is a derivatives exchange providing price, credit and liquidity risk management solutions to participants in the North American commodities markets. Nodal Exchange is a leader in innovation, having introduced the world’s largest set of electric power locational (nodal) futures contracts and the world’s largest set of environmental contracts. As part of EEX Group, a group of companies serving international commodity markets, Nodal Exchange currently offers over 1,000 contracts on hundreds of unique locations, providing the most effective basis risk management available to market participants. In addition, Nodal Exchange offers natural gas contracts. All Nodal Exchange contracts are cleared by Nodal Clear, which is a CFTC registered derivatives clearing organization. Nodal Exchange is a designated contract market regulated by the CFTC. www.nodalexchange.com

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