Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 2.276 billion contracts in the month of November, up 13.5% from the previous month and down 4.6% from November 2016. Regional trends in trading volume are shown in the table below. Total open interest was 959.6 million contracts at the end of November, up 7.8% from a year ago.
Futures | Options | Total | M/M | Y/Y | |
Asia-Pacific | 516,080,983 | 328,247,697 | 844,328,680 | 25.2% | -1.8% |
North America | 343,001,320 | 468,507,244 | 811,508,564 | 9.3% | -7.3% |
Europe | 311,343,729 | 90,204,931 | 401,548,660 | 6.1% | -13.7% |
Latin America | 105,720,895 | 73,512,236 | 179,233,131 | -0.6% | 14.6% |
Other | 29,863,852 | 9,196,228 | 39,060,080 | 28.3% | 38.7% |
Grand Total | 1,306,010,779 | 969,668,336 | 2,275,679,115 | 13.5% | -4.6% |
M/M | 15.6% | 10.7% | 13.5% | ||
Y/Y | -12.0% | 7.7% | -4.6% |