FIA’s annual survey of derivatives exchange volumes highlights strong growth in the trading of futures and options at exchanges in China, India, Korea, Singapore and other parts of Asia. Another big theme in 2015 was a surge in the trading of commodity futures and options, which has grown more rapidly over the past several years than any other sector of the global listed derivatives markets. The total number of futures and options traded on exchanges worldwide rose to 24.78 billion contracts in 2015, up 13.5% from 2014 and the fastest rate of growth since 2010. This year’s survey includes tables and charts showing exchange and contract rankings as well as breakdowns by region and asset class, and the underlying data can be downloaded directly from the website in Excel format. Read Now
