Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 3.40 billion contracts in the month of August, up 17.4% from the previous month and up 34.9% from August 2018. On a year-to-date basis, volume in the first eight months of the year was 22.85 billion contracts, up 16.9% from the first eight months of 2018. Total open interest at the end of August was 958.6 million contracts, up 5.4% from a year ago.
MATba ROFEX: FIA has combined Mercado a Termino de Buenos Aires and Rosario Futures Exchange into MATba ROFEX in our Volume and Open Interest Report following the merger of the two Argentine exchanges.
Note: Changes to the data for historical contracts can be found in the tabs named Volume Revision and Correction, OI Revision and Correction, and Additions to Historical Data.
| Futures | Options | Total | M/M | Y/Y | |
| Asia-Pacific | 749,112,546 | 686,287,310 | 1,435,399,856 | 8.9% | 41.7% |
| North America | 472,829,293 | 579,564,753 | 1,052,394,046 | 31.4% | 25.7% |
| Europe | 362,073,980 | 91,880,344 | 453,954,324 | 18.1% | 15.8% |
| Latin America | 303,858,006 | 109,012,811 | 412,870,817 | 19.9% | 71.9% |
| Other | 37,484,546 | 7,570,287 | 45,054,833 | -5.8% | 20.1% |
| Grand Total | 1,925,358,371 | 1,474,315,505 | 3,399,673,876 | 17.4% | 34.9% |
| M/M | 18.3% | 16.2% | 17.4% | ||
| Y/Y | 31.9% | 39.0% | 34.9% |
