Nodal Exchange announced strong performance in power, natural gas, and environmental markets. Nodal continues to be the market leader in North American power futures with 56% share of open interest at the end of April with 1.517 billion MWh open interest, up 2% from a year earlier, representing $170 billion of notional value based on both sides. Traded power futures volume ended the month of April at 324 million MWh.

Open interest in Nodal’s natural gas markets reached 130,820,000 MMBtus as of the end of April 2026, a 615% increase from a year ago.

Nodal posted a calendar month record for April in environmental futures and options with volume of 89,703 lots, up 26% from the prior record of 71,138 lots in April 2025. Open interest in environmental products on Nodal Exchange reached 491,790 lots in April, up 16% from 424,247 at the end of April 2025.

Nodal Exchange is pleased to announce upcoming enhancements to the Nodal Access℠ trading platform. Designed to streamline user workflows, boost execution efficiency, and improve data clarity, these updates aim to elevate how market participants interact with the platform.

Getting assistance is now more accessible as support is integrated directly into the user workspace. Nodal Access users can submit tickets and ask Nodal Support questions without leaving the platform.

For traders looking to capture market opportunities with greater speed and precision, a new order entry widget has been introduced with included market/order data, enhanced price and quantity controls, and 2-Way order entry support.

Time & Sales visualization has also been overhauled to provide a cleaner, more intuitive view of market activity. Strategy and multi-leg trades are grouped under a single parent record. To reduce visual redundancy, timestamps are dedicated solely to the parent execution, while underlying legs are displayed as nested components of the primary trade.

Interested in the Nodal Access trading platform? Please contact Screen Support.