IntercontinentalExchange is an electronic commodity marketplace used by over 600 of the world's leading energy and metals traders, brokers and bankers. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, it was established in 2000 by US and European financial institutions and energy and natural resource companies. Trading in gold and silver - spot, forward and options - began on 24 August 2000.

The Exchange's electronic trading system is installed on over 8,500 desktops worldwide from which traders log on each day of the business week to trade more than 600 listed commodity and derivative contract types. Broadly, these include crude and refined oil products, natural gas, power, coal, emissions, weather, and precious metals. Contract forms include physical delivery as well as financially settled swaps, spreads, differentials and options based on a variety of fixed and floating price indices.