CME Groupreason 03 of 4it is wired into how the customer already worksderived 2026-09-01accession 0001156375-26-000047
CME's proprietary benchmark data — real-time prices for its exclusive futures contracts — generates recurring revenue that grows with both usage and price. Because no substitute exists for CME's own price feeds, this creates a secondary revenue layer with pricing power independent of trading volume.
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It held on this filing. No finding was written because nothing in it bore on the reason — the sentences it was read against are below.
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the claims it rests on
“During the second quarter and first six months of 2026, overall market data and information services revenues increased when compared with the same periods in 2025, largely due to higher usage of certain products, increased demand by new customer segments, and price increases for certain products”
“Fees for market data services are generally billed monthly. Market data services are satisfied over time and revenue is recognized on a monthly basis”
“The two largest resellers of our market data represented approximately 25% of our market data and information services revenue in the first six months of 2026”
what it was checked against
market data revenue source
“Market data and information services represent revenue from the dissemination of market data to subscribers, distributors, and other third-party licensees of market data.”
usage-based pricing model
“Pricing for market data is primarily based on the number of reportable devices used as well as the number of subscribers enrolled under the arrangement.”
recurring revenue recognition
“Market data services are satisfied over time and revenue is recognized on a monthly basis as the customers receive and consume the benefit of the market data services.”