Trading volume on SEFs reached $1.03 trillion in average notional value per day during March 2020, the second highest level ever recorded. Record trading occurred in every category except in the forward rate agreement sector.
Trading volume on SEFs reached $848.5 billion in average notional value per day during February 2020. Trading was up in every category except for in the forward rate agreement sector.
Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 3.62 billion contracts in the month of February, up 11.6% from the previous month and up 50.4% from February 2019.
Trading volume on SEFs reached a record level of $1.1 trillion in average notional value per day during January 2020. The increase in trading volume mainly took place in the forward rate agreements sector.
Summary statistics from FIA show that trading activity in the global exchange-traded derivatives markets rose by 13.7% in 2019 to reach a record of 34.47 billion contracts. Futures volume rose 12% to 19.24 billion contracts, while options volume rose 16% to 15.23 billion contracts.
