Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 2.36 billion contracts in the month of September, down 6.4% from the previous month but up 5.2% from September 2017. On a year-to-date basis, volume in the first nine months of the year was 21.89 billion contracts, up 16.1% from the first nine months of 2017. Total open interest at the end of September was 878.8 million contracts, up 0.5% from a year ago.
| Futures | Options | Total | M/M | Y/Y | |
| Asia-Pacific | 550,337,709 | 401,549,389 | 951,887,098 | -6.0% | 16.4% |
| North America | 303,934,013 | 433,260,251 | 737,194,264 | -11.9% | 3.0% |
| Europe | 347,138,220 | 84,937,210 | 432,075,430 | 10.2% | -1.4% |
| Latin America | 130,227,831 | 61,635,311 | 191,863,142 | -20.1% | 0.5% |
| Other | 32,485,658 | 12,323,592 | 44,809,250 | 19.4% | -43.5% |
| Grand Total | 1,364,123,431 | 993,705,753 | 2,357,829,184 | -6.4% | 5.2% |
| M/M | -6.5% | -6.3% | -6.4% | ||
| Y/Y | -0.1% | 13.5% | 5.2% |
