Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 3 billion contracts in the month of September, down 11.7% from the previous month but up 27.2% from September 2018. On a year-to-date basis, volume in the first nine months of the year was 25.85 billion contracts, up 18% from the first nine months of 2018. Total open interest at the end of September was 915.6 million contracts, up 4.2% 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 | 661,862,646 | 618,906,510 | 1,280,769,156 | -10.8% | 34.4% |
| North America | 356,124,312 | 489,812,072 | 845,936,384 | -19.6% | 14.8% |
| Europe | 384,035,161 | 103,999,326 | 488,034,487 | 7.5% | 13.0% |
| Latin America | 231,078,259 | 99,051,765 | 330,130,024 | -20.0% | 72.1% |
| Other | 49,716,645 | 6,128,139 | 55,844,784 | 23.9% | 24.6% |
| Grand Total | 1,682,817,023 | 1,317,897,812 | 3,000,714,835 | -11.7% | 27.2% |
| M/M | -12.6% | -10.6% | -11.7% | ||
| Y/Y | 23.3% | 32.6% | 27.2% |
