Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 2.061 billion contracts in the month of December, down 9.7% from the previous month and down 1.4% from December 2016. Regional trends in trading volume are shown in the table below. Total open interest was 839.3 million contracts at the end of December, up 6.5% from a year ago.
| Futures | Options | Total | M/M | Y/Y | |
| Asia-Pacific | 477,389,993 | 283,112,135 | 760,502,128 | -9.9% | 4.5% |
| North America | 278,165,032 | 404,017,718 | 682,182,750 | -15.9% | -2.1% |
| Europe | 307,791,431 | 68,108,508 | 375,899,939 | -7.9% | -11.1% |
| Latin America | 105,050,125 | 64,193,454 | 169,243,579 | -5.6% | 28.3% |
| Other | 61,559,907 | 11,566,556 | 73,126,463 | 87.2% | -33.5% |
| Grand Total | 1,229,956,488 | 830,998,371 | 2,060,954,859 | -9.7% | -1.4% |
| M/M | -6.3% | -14.3% | -9.7% | ||
| Y/Y | -6.6% | 7.5% | -1.4% |
