Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 2.358 billion contracts in the month of January, up 14.4% from the previous month and up 30.9% from January 2017. Regional trends in trading volume are shown in the table below. Total open interest was 861.6 million contracts at the end of January, up 14.2% from a year ago.
| Futures | Options | Total | M/M | Y/Y | |
| North America | 346,956,377 | 575,485,267 | 922,441,644 | 35.2% | 32.0% |
| Asia-Pacific | 474,263,370 | 351,525,448 | 825,788,818 | 8.6% | 48.0% |
| Europe | 286,779,275 | 92,350,631 | 379,129,906 | 0.9% | -0.6% |
| Latin America | 113,744,848 | 85,298,326 | 199,043,174 | 17.6% | 48.9% |
| Other | 22,230,007 | 9,531,245 | 31,761,252 | -56.6% | 8.9% |
| Grand Total | 1,243,973,877 | 1,114,190,917 | 2,358,164,794 | 14.4% | 30.9% |
| M/M | 1.1% | 34.1% | 14.4% | ||
| Y/Y | 20.0% | 45.8% | 30.9% |
