Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 3.72 billion contracts in the month of August, down 3.4% from the previous month but up 9.4% from August 2019.
On a year-to-date basis, volume in the first eight months of the year was 29.44 billion contracts, up 28.8% from the first eight months of 2019.
Total open interest at the end of August was 980.6 million contracts, up 4.1% from the previous month and up 2.3% from a year ago.
Note: Changes to the data for historical contracts can be found in the tabs named Volume Revision and Correction, OI Revision and Correction, and Additions to Historical Data.
| Futures | Options | Total | M/M | Y/Y | |
| Asia-Pacific | 888,706,405 | 752,377,241 | 1,641,083,646 | -9.2% | 14.3% |
| North America | 332,145,342 | 662,836,602 | 994,981,944 | 5.1% | -5.5% |
| Latin America | 400,171,113 | 176,335,276 | 576,506,389 | -2.5% | 39.6% |
| Europe | 287,910,972 | 51,258,223 | 339,169,195 | -4.8% | -25.3% |
| Other | 163,406,860 | 5,239,715 | 168,646,575 | 12.9% | 274.3% |
| Grand Total | 2,072,340,692 | 1,648,047,057 | 3,720,387,749 | -3.4% | 9.4% |
| M/M | 2.7% | -10.0% | -3.4% | ||
| Y/Y | 7.6% | 11.8% | 9.4% |
