Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 4.54 billion contracts in the month of March, up 25.4% from the previous month and up 58.8% from March 2019.
On a year-to-date basis, volume in the first three months of the year was 11.41 billion contracts, up 43.2% from the first three months of 2019. Total open interest at the end of March was 921.3 million contracts, down 5.9% from the previous month but up 5.2% 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 | 1,111,906,943 | 609,326,885 | 1,721,233,828 | 25.7% | 48.4% |
| North America | 627,021,178 | 813,361,608 | 1,440,382,786 | 21.5% | 69.4% |
| Europe | 656,176,719 | 145,342,468 | 801,519,187 | 50.2% | 70.2% |
| Latin America | 339,644,739 | 129,269,905 | 468,914,644 | 5.8% | 52.7% |
| Other | 95,131,799 | 14,647,720 | 109,779,519 | 19.6% | 53.9% |
| Grand Total | 2,829,881,378 | 1,711,948,586 | 4,541,829,964 | 25.4% | 58.8% |
| M/M | 45.0% | 2.4% | 25.4% | ||
| Y/Y | 73.6% | 39.3% | 58.8% |
