Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 3.16 billion contracts in the month of May, down 5.2% from the previous month but up 2.1% from May 2019.
On a year-to-date basis, volume in the first five months of the year was 17.90 billion contracts, up 30.7% from the first five months of 2019. Total open interest at the end of May was 951.7 million contracts, up 3.7% from the previous month and up 2.2% 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 | 721,409,176 | 635,424,499 | 1,356,833,675 | 0.2% | 9.0% |
| North America | 341,241,552 | 600,882,076 | 942,123,628 | -2.8% | -8.4% |
| Latin America | 297,115,244 | 118,067,880 | 415,183,124 | -6.0% | 22.5% |
| Europe | 303,998,817 | 69,358,920 | 373,357,737 | -22.6% | -13.7% |
| Other | 63,097,033 | 5,199,511 | 68,296,544 | -17.0% | 49.8% |
| Grand Total | 1,726,861,822 | 1,428,932,886 | 3,155,794,708 | -5.2% | 2.1% |
| M/M | -13.0% | 6.2% | -5.2% | ||
| Y/Y | -2.6% | 8.5% | 2.1% |
