Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 2.41 billion contracts in the month of February, down 10.7% from the previous month and down 1.6% from February 2018. On a year-to-date basis, volume in the first two months of the year was 5.11 billion contracts, up 6.2% from the first two months of 2018. Total open interest at the end of February was 885 million contracts, down 1.3% from a year ago.
| Futures | Options | Total | M/M | Y/Y | |
| Asia-Pacific | 480,970,640 | 456,695,313 | 937,665,953 | -18.0% | 29.5% |
| North America | 327,633,469 | 423,526,973 | 751,160,442 | -10.2% | -27.6% |
| Europe | 284,904,683 | 86,866,283 | 371,770,966 | -4.1% | -16.5% |
| Latin America | 210,106,555 | 102,327,862 | 312,434,417 | 5.1% | 52.5% |
| Other | 29,868,932 | 6,332,353 | 36,201,285 | 3.7% | -2.7% |
| Grand Total | 1,333,484,279 | 1,075,748,784 | 2,409,233,063 | -10.7% | -1.6% |
| M/M | -7.5% | -14.4% | -10.7% | ||
| Y/Y | 1.0% | -4.7% | -1.6% |
