Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 4.55 billion contracts in the month of May, up 1.2% from the previous month and up 43.1% from May 2020.
On a year-to-date basis, volume in the first five months of the year was 23.87 billion contracts, up 33.3% from the first five months of 2020.
Total open interest at the end of May was 1.1 billion contracts, up 3.6% from the previous month and up 10.9% 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.
| Futures | Options | Total | M/M | Y/Y | |
| Asia-Pacific | 966,055,251 | 1,215,142,313 | 2,181,197,564 | -2.2% | 60.7% |
| North America | 378,660,365 | 793,024,921 | 1,171,685,286 | 6.8% | 24.4% |
| Latin America | 454,479,836 | 199,772,729 | 654,252,565 | 7.4% | 49.7% |
| Europe | 333,623,426 | 78,439,778 | 412,063,204 | -1.8% | 10.2% |
| Other | 121,843,815 | 7,521,189 | 129,365,004 | -5.9% | 89.4% |
| Grand Total | 2,254,662,693 | 2,293,900,930 | 4,548,563,623 | 1.2% | 43.1% |
| M/M | 1.7% | 0.8% | 1.2% | ||
| Y/Y | 29.5% | 59.6% | 43.1% |
