Please note that these highlights and the underlying reports now include complete data from B3.
Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 4.57 billion contracts in the month of February, down 1.6% from the previous month but up 26.1% from February 2020. This was the third highest monthly amount ever recorded, following the record-setting totals of December 2020 and January 2021.
On a year-to-date basis, volume in the first two months of the year was 9.22 billion contracts, up 34.1% from the first two months of 2020.
Total open interest at the end of February was 1.05 billion contracts, up 7.7% from the previous month and up 7.1% 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 | 797,784,340 | 1,155,401,958 | 1,953,186,298 | -5.7% | 42.5% |
| North America | 433,229,490 | 907,184,711 | 1,340,414,201 | 7.5% | 13.1% |
| Latin America | 438,557,268 | 195,135,979 | 633,693,247 | -9.0% | 42.9% |
| Europe | 367,288,653 | 92,336,719 | 459,625,372 | 10.8% | -13.8% |
| Other | 177,464,554 | 5,418,633 | 182,883,187 | -15.8% | 99.2% |
| Grand Total | 2,214,324,305 | 2,355,478,000 | 4,569,802,305 | -1.6% | 26.1% |
| M/M | -4.8% | 1.5% | -1.6% | ||
| Y/Y | 13.4% | 40.9% | 26.1% |
