how much money does the chicago mercantile exchange make 
through the first quarter of 2022 cme had generated 711 million of net income approximately 136 million more than the same period last year 14 cme group reported a net income of 2 6 billion in 2021 with total revenues of 4 7 billion 15the bottom linethe chicago mercantile exchange is a key part of america s financial infrastructure originally a marketplace for settling agricultural futures it is now a major trading hub for precious metals foreign currencies treasury bonds cryptocurrencies and many kinds of derivatives 