Introducing the ETD Tracker:
This month’s data on futures and options trading is accessible in two formats: a spreadsheet accessible through the link below and a set of interactive visualizations called the FIA ETD Tracker. The ETD Tracker consists of interactive visualizations on the FIA website that allow users to view data on volume and open interest, with filters based on year and month, region and jurisdiction, asset group and type of product. The ETD Tracker also includes visualizations that rank exchanges by total volume in the latest month and year to date as well as open interest in the latest month. Click here to access the ETD Tracker.
Highlights from May 2024:
Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives reached 17.99 billion contracts in May, the highest level ever recorded. This was up 18.5% from April 2024 and up 76.2% from May 2023.
Options continue to gain in popularity. Global trading of options reached 15.44 billion contracts in May, up by more than 100% from last year, with most of that trading taking place in the Asia-Pacific region. Global trading of futures reached 2.55 billion contracts in May, up 1.7% from the same month last year.
On a year-to-date basis, volume in the first five months of the year was 81.09 billion contracts, up 77.3% from the first five months of 2023. The majority of that increase came from equity contracts.
Total options volume for the year so far was 69.13 billion contracts, up 103.2% from the previous year. Total futures volume was 11.96 billion contracts in 2024 so far, up 2% from 2023.
Total open interest at the end of May was 1.38 billion contracts. The May total was up 4% from April 2024 and up 11.7% from a year ago.
Note: The sheets Raw Data, Raw Data - Alternative, Volume Revision and Correction, OI Revision and Correction, and Additions to Historical Data, will no longer be included in the volume report released on the FIA website. To receive these sheets or any of the data contained in them, reach out to data@fia.org.
2024 May ETD Volume
| Futures | Options | Total | M/M | Y/Y | |
| Asia-Pacific | 950,779,715 | 13,949,852,608 | 14,900,632,323 | 25.3% | 102.8% |
| North America | 516,567,527 | 1,095,962,686 | 1,612,530,213 | -3.5% | 4.1% |
| Latin America | 504,590,054 | 297,263,643 | 801,853,697 | -16.2% | 6.9% |
| Europe | 396,703,498 | 90,819,921 | 487,523,419 | -3.6% | 25.2% |
| Other | 183,068,528 | 8,825,453 | 191,893,981 | 15.5% | 8.9% |
| Grand Total | 2,551,709,322 | 15,442,724,311 | 17,994,433,633 | 18.5% | 76.2% |
| M/M | -2.5% | 22.8% | 18.5% | ||
| Y/Y | 1.7% | 100.5% | 76.2% |
Asset Class
| Asset Class | January to May | ||
| 2023 | 2024 | Change | |
| Futures and Options | |||
| Agriculture | 1,133,869,937 | 1,156,836,609 | 2.0% |
| Currencies | 3,125,021,945 | 1,899,947,018 | -39.2% |
| Energy | 1,035,264,822 | 1,455,741,257 | 40.6% |
| Equity | 35,436,574,670 | 71,451,738,769 | 101.6% |
| Interest Rates | 2,664,457,323 | 2,906,882,987 | 9.1% |
| Metals | 1,024,014,253 | 1,197,774,394 | 17.0% |
| Other | 1,329,365,333 | 1,023,037,564 | -23.0% |
| Grand Total | 45,748,568,283 | 81,091,958,598 | 77.3% |
Region
| Region | January to May | ||
| 2023 | 2024 | Change | |
| Futures and Options | |||
| Asia-Pacific | 31,844,703,947 | 65,894,102,419 | 106.9% |
| Europe | 1,965,496,010 | 2,433,835,064 | 23.8% |
| Latin America | 3,610,484,481 | 3,860,935,792 | 6.9% |
| North America | 7,446,696,355 | 7,991,819,676 | 7.3% |
| Other | 881,187,490 | 911,265,647 | 3.4% |
| Grand Total | 45,748,568,283 | 81,091,958,598 | 77.3% |
