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    <periodOfReport>2013-11-13</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001174746</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ICE</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001385713</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Martell Terrence F</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>2100 RIVEREDGE PARKWAY</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 500</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ATLANTA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>GA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>30328</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2013-11-13</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>D</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>7697</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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                    <value>D</value>
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                    <value>0</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">As of the effective time (the &quot;Effective Time&quot;) of the transactions contemplated by the Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of March 19, 2013, by and among IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (&quot;ICE&quot;), As of the effective time (the &quot;Effective Time&quot;) of the transactions contemplated by the Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of March 19, 2013, by and among IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (&quot;ICE&quot;), IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc. (&quot;ICE Group&quot;), NYSE Euronext, Braves Merger Sub, Inc., and NYSE Euronext Holdings LLC (formerly known as Baseball Merger Sub, LLC) (the &quot;Merger Agreement&quot;), each share of common stock of ICE and each restricted stock unit of ICE held by the reporting person was converted into one share of common stock of ICE Group or one substantially equivalent restricted stock unit of ICE Group, respectively. (This footnote is continued on footnote 2).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The common stock number referred in Table I is an aggregate number and represents 6,406 shares of common stock of ICE and 1,291 restricted stock units of ICE. The restricted stock units vest on the one-year anniversary of the grant date, which is February 28, 2014.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Andrew J. Surdykowski, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-11-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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