Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 2.447 billion contracts in the month of February, up 3.7% from the previous month and up 31.8% from February 2017. On a year-to-date basis, volume in the first two months of the year is 4.807 billion contracts, up 31.4% from the first two months of 2017. Total open interest at the end of February was 896.9 million contracts, up 9% from a year ago.
| Futures | Options | Total | M/M | Y/Y | |
| North America | 445,993,585 | 591,334,864 | 1,037,328,449 | 12.5% | 43.0% |
| Asia-Pacific | 394,170,905 | 328,141,066 | 722,311,971 | -12.5% | 22.7% |
| Europe | 338,254,601 | 106,911,397 | 445,165,998 | 17.4% | 20.8% |
| Latin America | 113,837,687 | 91,105,296 | 204,942,983 | 2.1% | 40.5% |
| Other | 25,946,081 | 11,243,055 | 37,189,136 | 17.1% | 33.5% |
| Grand Total | 1,318,202,859 | 1,128,735,678 | 2,446,938,537 | 3.7% | 31.8% |
| M/M | 6.1% | 1.0% | 3.7% | ||
| Y/Y | 22.6% | 44.6% | 31.8% |
