Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 2.006 billion contracts in the month of October, down 10.2% from the previous month and up 13.1% from October 2016. Regional trends in trading volume are shown in the table below. Total open interest was 918.7 million contracts at the end of October, up 9.5% from a year ago.
Futures | Options | Total | M/M | Y/Y | |
North America | 284,151,888 | 458,240,933 | 742,392,821 | 3.8% | 17.4% |
Asia-Pacific | 408,245,241 | 265,843,466 | 674,088,707 | -17.5% | 14.7% |
Europe | 300,242,225 | 78,381,708 | 378,623,933 | -12.2% | 0.9% |
Latin America | 112,850,239 | 67,523,502 | 180,373,741 | -5.5% | 17.2% |
Other | 24,552,031 | 5,881,146 | 30,433,177 | -61.6% | 26.4% |
Grand Total | 1,130,041,624 | 875,870,755 | 2,005,912,379 | -10.2% | 13.1% |
M/M | -16.9% | 0.1% | -10.2% | ||
Y/Y | 7.1% | 21.9% | 13.1% |