Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives reached 6.14 billion contracts in the month of December, the second highest monthly total ever recorded. The December total was down 0.4% from the record month of November 2021 but up 32.9% from December 2020.
On a yearly basis, volume reached a record total of 62.58 billion contracts, up 33.7% from 2020. The majority of that increase came from equity index and individual equity contracts.
Total open interest at the end of December was 1.08 billion contracts. The December total was down 11% from the record month of November 2021 but up 2.6% from a year ago.
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.
Format change -- A new tab has been included in this report and will appear in all subsequent reports. The new tab, called Raw Data - Alternative, offers more detailed categorizations of individual contracts. Each contract now has four fields for categorization: group, category, sub-category and green status, which indicates whether or not a contract is an ESG index. Please contact us at data@fia.org if you have any comments or suggestions on this new format.
2021 December ETD Volume
| December 2021 | Futures | Options | Total | M/M | Y/Y |
| Asia-Pacific | 947,583,107 | 2,408,427,612 | 3,356,010,719 | 7.8% | 51.0% |
| North America | 364,031,227 | 924,779,347 | 1,288,810,574 | -12.9% | 16.0% |
| Latin America | 510,390,627 | 187,365,825 | 697,756,452 | -7.9% | 13.8% |
| Europe | 377,755,613 | 74,857,427 | 452,613,040 | -11.3% | 3.0% |
| Other | 340,873,627 | 6,852,050 | 347,725,677 | 13.3% | 47.3% |
| Grand Total | 2,540,634,201 | 3,602,282,261 | 6,142,916,462 | -0.4% | 32.9% |
| M/M | -6.4% | 4.3% | -0.4% | ||
| Y/Y | 4.3% | 64.8% | 32.9% |
Asset Class
| Asset Class | January to December | ||
| 2020 | 2021 | Change | |
| Futures and Options | |||
| Agriculture | 2,569,453,495 | 2,818,522,904 | 9.7% |
| Currency | 4,519,521,815 | 5,556,110,611 | 22.9% |
| Energy | 3,164,135,411 | 2,727,287,973 | -13.8% |
| Equity Index | 18,637,273,243 | 28,122,032,069 | 50.9% |
| Individual Equity | 9,945,483,510 | 13,736,562,587 | 38.1% |
| Interest Rates | 4,115,193,000 | 4,577,033,594 | 11.2% |
| Non-Precious Metals | 1,433,275,966 | 2,004,622,362 | 39.9% |
| Other | 1,448,054,058 | 2,283,032,295 | 57.7% |
| Precious Metals | 982,959,639 | 759,479,725 | -22.7% |
| Grand Total | 46,815,350,137 | 62,584,684,120 | 33.7% |
Region
| Region | January to December | ||
| 2020 | 2021 | Change | |
| Futures and Options | |||
| Asia-Pacific | 20,147,190,374 | 30,549,801,646 | 51.6% |
| Europe | 5,608,640,531 | 5,451,896,778 | -2.8% |
| Latin America | 6,467,912,726 | 8,893,935,540 | 37.5% |
| North America | 12,852,019,653 | 15,381,696,837 | 19.7% |
| Other | 1,739,586,853 | 2,307,353,319 | 32.6% |
| Grand Total | 46,815,350,137 | 62,584,684,120 | 33.7% |
