Introducing the ETD Tracker:
This month’s data on futures and options trading is accessible in two formats: a spreadsheet accessible through the link below and a set of interactive visualizations called the FIA ETD Tracker. The ETD Tracker consists of interactive visualizations on the FIA website that allow users to view data on volume and open interest, with filters based on year and month, region and jurisdiction, asset group and type of product. The ETD Tracker also includes visualizations that rank exchanges by total volume in the latest month and year to date as well as open interest in the latest month. Click here to access the ETD Tracker.
Highlights from April 2025:
Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives reached 9.48 billion contracts in April. This was up 2.3% from March 2025 but down 37.5% from April 2024.
Options growth has slowed. Global trading of options reached 6.66 billion contracts in April, down by more than 47% from last year, with most of that decline taking place in the Asia-Pacific region.
On the other hand, global trading of futures reached 2.82 billion contracts in April, up 13.5% from the same month last year. On a year-to-date basis, volume in the first four months year was 37.01 billion contracts, down 41.3% from the first four months of 2024. The majority of that decrease came from equity contracts.
Total options volume for the year so far was 27.04 billion contracts, down 50% from the previous year. Total futures volume was 9.97 billion contracts in 2025 so far, up 12.2% from 2024.
Total open interest at the end of April was 1.38 billion contracts. The April total was up 2.1% from March 2025 and up 0.1% from a year ago.
2025 April ETD Volume
| Futures | Options | Total | M/M | Y/Y | |
| Asia-Pacific | 1,062,554,884 | 4,598,870,962 | 5,661,425,846 | -0.5% | -52.4% |
| North America | 683,916,519 | 1,428,061,376 | 2,111,977,895 | 7.1% | 26.4% |
| Latin America | 499,772,759 | 518,120,266 | 1,017,893,025 | 19.3% | -7.3% |
| Europe | 334,265,515 | 107,687,140 | 441,952,655 | -4.2% | 22.9% |
| Other | 238,986,239 | 11,714,234 | 250,700,473 | -14.9% | 50.9% |
| Grand Total | 2,819,495,916 | 6,664,453,978 | 9,483,949,894 | 2.3% | -37.5% |
| M/M | 7.0% | 0.5% | 2.3% | ||
| Y/Y | 13.5% | -47.5% | -37.5% |
Asset Class
| Asset Class | January to April | ||
| 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
| Futures and Options | |||
| Agriculture | 894,550,638 | 1,103,413,520 | 23.3% |
| Currencies | 1,591,633,264 | 644,624,941 | -59.5% |
| Energy | 884,315,888 | 1,187,947,801 | 34.3% |
| Equity | 55,719,136,809 | 29,548,353,691 | -47.0% |
| Interest Rates | 2,310,725,143 | 2,544,088,431 | 10.1% |
| Metals | 821,952,178 | 990,382,253 | 20.5% |
| Other | 797,044,351 | 989,454,480 | 24.1% |
| Grand Total | 63,019,358,271 | 37,008,265,117 | -41.3% |
Region
| Region | January to April | ||
| 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
| Futures and Options | |||
| Asia-Pacific | 50,993,470,096 | 23,108,420,220 | -54.7% |
| Europe | 1,368,283,853 | 1,627,971,123 | 19.0% |
| Latin America | 3,558,943,193 | 3,589,670,791 | 0.9% |
| North America | 6,379,289,463 | 7,699,217,739 | 20.7% |
| Other | 719,371,666 | 982,985,244 | 36.6% |
| Grand Total | 63,019,358,271 | 37,008,265,117 | -41.3% |
