Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 2.66 billion contracts in the month of December, down 3.8% from the previous month but up 29% from December 2017. On a yearly basis, volume in 2018 was 30.28 billion contracts, up 20.2% from 2017. Total open interest at the end of December was 827.6 million contracts, down 1.4% from a year ago.
| Futures | Options | Total | M/M | Y/Y | |
| Asia-Pacific | 584,409,351 | 473,388,347 | 1,057,797,698 | -4.3% | 39.1% |
| North America | 363,045,886 | 515,736,780 | 878,782,666 | -6.4% | 28.8% |
| Europe | 364,809,887 | 82,988,063 | 447,797,950 | 0.4% | 19.1% |
| Latin America | 152,110,660 | 79,561,494 | 231,672,154 | -4.6% | 36.9% |
| Other | 36,537,099 | 6,939,106 | 43,476,205 | 35.7% | -40.5% |
| Grand Total | 1,500,912,883 | 1,158,613,790 | 2,659,526,673 | -3.8% | 29.0% |
| M/M | -2.6% | -5.4% | -3.8% | ||
| Y/Y | 22.0% | 39.4% | 29.0% |
