History

Feb. 2,1951 Tokyo Textile Exchange established.
Dec. 12, 1952 Tokyo Rubber Exchange established.
Feb. 8, 1982 Tokyo Gold Exchange established.
Nov. 1, 1984 Tokyo Textile Exchange merged with the Tokyo Rubber Exchange and the Tokyo Gold Exchange into The Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM).
Apr. 1, 1991 Continuous trading on electronic platform started
Aug. 3, 1992 Palladium listed
Apr. 7,1997 Aluminum listed
Jul. 5, 1999 gasoline and kerosene listed
Sep. 11, 2001 Crude oil listed
Jun. 6, 2003 In-house clearing house established
T + 1 (one day after transaction) settlement introduced
Sep. 8, 2003 Gas oil listed
May 17, 2004 Gold options launched
May 1, 2005 Japan Commodity Clearing House Co., Ltd. commenced operations
Sep. 15, 2005 EFP transaction introduced in rubber, precious metals and aluminum markets
Jul. 26, 2006 Daily publication of TOCOM Index started
Jul. 17, 2007 Launched Gold Mini
Nov. 10, 2008 Launched Platinum Mini
Dec. 1, 2008 Demutualized from non-profit membership organization to for-profit stock company
May 7, 2009 Extended trading hours until 11 p.m. (as for rubber until 7 p.m.)
Mar. 23, 2010 Started providing Nikkei-TOCOM Commodity Index market, launched Nikkei-TOCOM Commodity Index futures
Sep. 21, 2010 Extended trading hours until 4:00 am (Rubber excluded)
Introduced Customer Direct Access
Oct. 12, 2010 Chukyo Gasoline and Chukyo Kerosene launched
Feb. 12, 2013 Agricultural Products & Sugar market launched
Soybean, Azuki(Red Bean), Corn and Raw Sugar listed
Jul. 22, 2014 Adjusted trading hours: Day Session Close at 15:15 JST (previously 15:30) and Night Session Start at 16:30 JST (previously 17:00)
Jan. 20, 2015 Granted a registration as Foreign Board of Trade(FBOT) by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission(CFTC)
May 7, 2015 Launched Gold Rolling Spot Futures
May 9,2016 TOCOM Square opened.
Jul. 25, 2016 Launched Gold Physical Transaction
Jan.11, 2017 Launched Oil Physical Transaction
Mar. 21, 2017 Launched Platinum Rolling Spot Futures
May 8, 2017 Launched Cash-settled Oil Products Futures
Oct. 9, 2018 Launched Technically Specified Rubber (TSR) Futures
Sep. 17, 2019 Launched Electricity Futures