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Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives reached 6.57 billion contracts in the month of July, the third highest monthly total ever recorded. The July total was down 6.8% from June 2022’s record but up 33.6% from July 2021.
On a year-to-date basis, volume in the first seven months of the year was 44.88 billion contracts, up 32.7% from the first seven months of 2021. The majority of that increase came from equity index contracts.
Total open interest at the end of July was 1.11 billion contracts. The July total was up 2% from June 2022 and up 0.6% from a year ago.
2022 July ETD Volume
Asset Class
| Asset Class | January to July | ||
| 2021 | 2022 | Change | |
| Futures and Options | |||
| Agriculture | 1,686,593,157 | 1,381,078,936 | -18.1% |
| Currency | 3,070,611,490 | 4,111,551,346 | 33.9% |
| Energy | 1,599,643,733 | 1,221,499,080 | -23.6% |
| Equity Index | 14,201,473,434 | 25,318,052,830 | 78.3% |
| Individual Equity | 7,793,109,987 | 7,290,231,593 | -6.5% |
| Interest Rates | 2,650,861,223 | 2,993,611,511 | 12.9% |
| Non-Precious Metals | 1,093,584,614 | 909,275,434 | -16.9% |
| Other | 1,249,803,876 | 1,346,627,161 | 7.7% |
| Precious Metals | 472,103,670 | 312,616,676 | -33.8% |
| Grand Total | 33,817,785,184 | 44,884,544,567 | 32.7% |
Region
| Region | January to July | ||
| 2021 | 2022 | Change | |
| Futures and Options | |||
| Asia-Pacific | 15,761,877,836 | 26,185,419,061 | 66.1% |
| Europe | 3,141,154,695 | 2,944,970,189 | -6.2% |
| Latin America | 4,932,975,076 | 4,650,286,325 | -5.7% |
| North America | 8,820,583,725 | 9,624,707,634 | 9.1% |
| Other | 1,161,193,852 | 1,479,161,358 | 27.4% |
| Grand Total | 33,817,785,184 | 44,884,544,567 | 32.7% |
