Introducing the ETD Tracker:
This month's report excludes event contracts. Measuring trading volume in these contracts requires a different methodology than conventional futures and options due their very small notional value and highly variable duration. Until recently, this was not an important issue because a relatively small number of these contracts traded on the exchanges covered by this report. That has changed, and in order to preserve the value of the report as a measure of trading activity, we have removed all event contracts from the report. These contracts include contracts listed on CME Group, North American Derivative Exchange and Crypto.com. We are exploring ways to track trading activity in event markets and anticipate offering that report to FIA members in future.
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 2026:
Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives reached 12.12 billion contracts in April. This decreased 11.9% from March 2026 but increased 26.6% from April 2025.
Options growth has picked up. Global trading of options reached 9.1 billion contracts in April, up by more than 34% from last year, with most of that growth taking place in the Asia-Pacific region.
Global trading of futures reached 3.02 billion contracts in April, up 7.1% from the same month last year.
On a year-to-date basis, volume through four months this year was 50.48 billion contracts, up 35.6% from the first four months of 2025. The majority of that increase came from equity contracts.
Total options volume for the year so far was 37.71 billion contracts, up 38.4% from the previous year. Total futures volume was 12.76 billion contracts in 2026 so far, up 28.1% from 2025.
Total open interest at the end of April was 1.64 billion contracts. The April total was up 1.2% from March 2026 and up 18.4% from a year ago.
2026 April ETD Volume
| Futures | Options | Total | M/M | Y/Y | |
| Asia-Pacific | 1,139,479,008 | 6,958,333,057 | 8,097,812,065 | -6.1% | 40.8% |
| North America | 536,679,679 | 1,576,707,554 | 2,113,387,233 | -18.1% | 0.1% |
| Latin America | 524,144,315 | 462,173,492 | 986,317,807 | -29.8% | -3.1% |
| Europe | 514,088,446 | 7,922,759 | 522,011,205 | 30.0% | 108.2% |
| Other | 305,458,458 | 95,873,510 | 401,331,968 | -46.0% | -9.2% |
| Grand Total | 3,019,849,906 | 9,101,010,372 | 12,120,860,278 | -11.9% | 26.6% |
| M/M | -27.4% | -5.1% | -11.9% | ||
| Y/Y | 7.1% | 34.7% | 26.6% |
Asset Class
| Asset Class | January to April | ||
| 2025 | 2026 | Change | |
| Futures and Options | |||
| Agriculture | 1,103,413,280 | 971,710,359 | -11.9% |
| Currencies | 644,624,941 | 692,825,058 | 7.5% |
| Energy | 1,187,881,957 | 1,921,418,577 | 61.8% |
| Equity | 29,750,529,943 | 40,662,021,358 | 36.7% |
| Interest Rates | 2,544,088,431 | 2,994,840,986 | 17.7% |
| Metals | 990,348,175 | 1,422,347,576 | 43.6% |
| Other | 989,500,040 | 1,810,616,727 | 83.0% |
| Grand Total | 37,210,386,767 | 50,475,780,641 | 35.6% |
Region
| Region | January to April | ||
| 2025 | 2026 | Change | |
| Futures and Options | |||
| Asia-Pacific | 23,489,720,730 | 33,454,229,814 | 42.4% |
| Europe | 1,627,971,123 | 1,901,661,064 | 16.8% |
| Latin America | 3,410,899,531 | 4,509,674,938 | 32.2% |
| North America | 7,698,810,139 | 8,963,542,771 | 16.4% |
| Other | 982,985,244 | 1,646,672,054 | 67.5% |
| Grand Total | 37,210,386,767 | 50,475,780,641 | 35.6% |
