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Top Agricultural Futures Contracts

Rank Contract Jan-Jun 2020 Vol


1 Soybean Meal Futures, Dalian Commodity Exchange 148,554,074
2 RBD Palm Olein Futures, Dalian Commodity Exchange 139,796,321
3 Soybean Oil Futures, Dalian Commodity Exchange 58,832,483
4 Corn Futures, Dalian Commodity Exchange 54,982,061
5 Cotton No. 1 (CF) Futures, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange 54,413,295
6 Corn Futures, Chicago Board of Trade 45,301,067
7 Soybean Futures, Chicago Board of Trade 28,346,805
8 Sugar #11 Futures, ICE Futures U.S. 25,104,431
9 Chicago Soft Red Winter Wheat Futures, Chicago Board of Trade 17,209,849
10 Soybean Oil Futures, Chicago Board of Trade 16,875,554
11 Soybean Meal Futures, Chicago Board of Trade 15,037,956
12 Live Cattle Futures, Chicago Mercantile Exchange 8,956,418
13 Crude Palm Oil (FCPO) Futures, Malaysia Derivatives Exchange 7,457,291
14 No. 2 Soybean Futures, Dalian Commodity Exchange 6,816,636
15 Coffee C Futures, ICE Futures U.S. 6,775,314
16 Milling Wheat Futures, Euronext Derivatives Market 6,172,897
17 Soybean Options, Chicago Board of Trade 6,033,540
18 Sugar No. 11 Options, ICE Futures U.S. 3,745,217

1 Began trading in April 2019

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Jan-Jun 2019 Vol Vol % Change 2020 June OI 2019 June OI OI % Change
128,343,855 15.7% 2,272,298 1,256,388 80.9%
27,983,020 399.6% 496,649 421,382 17.9%
25,794,236 128.1% 537,720 472,761 13.7%
46,095,141 19.3% 1,174,625 1,069,658 9.8%
25,496,141 113.4% 502,294 418,495 20.0%
61,327,543 -26.1% 1,559,526 1,730,941 -9.9%
26,971,531 5.1% 811,476 642,446 26.3%
21,396,942 17.3% 918,143 872,942 5.2%
17,387,075 -1.0% 403,108 366,960 9.9%
15,069,474 12.0% 430,592 416,877 3.3%
14,673,862 2.5% 441,205 438,060 0.7%
8,910,128 0.5% 275,097 349,957 -21.4%
4,592,752 62.4% 196,289 220,975 -11.2%
9,506,622 -28.3% 42,799 53,971 -20.7%
7,830,640 -13.5% 268,517 263,500 1.9%
4,943,361 24.9% 339,019 309,408 9.6%
7,444,706 -19.0% 577,114 544,648 6.0%
2,911,801 28.6% 502,973 429,961 17.0%

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ound-trip basis to avoid double-counting. Open interest for exchange-traded futures and options is measured by the number of contracts
ured by the number of contracts outstanding at the end of the month.
Top Energy Futures Contracts
Rank Contract
1 Brent Oil Futures, Moscow Exchange
2 WTI Light Sweet Crude Oil (CL) Futures, New York Mercantile Exchange
3 Brent Crude Oil Futures, ICE Futures Europe
4 Bitumen Futures, Shanghai Futures Exchange
5 Henry Hub Natural Gas (NG) Futures, New York Mercantile Exchange
6 Crude Oil Futures, Multi Commodity Exchange of India
7 WTI Light Sweet Crude Oil Futures, ICE Futures Europe
8 Natural Gas Futures, Multi Commodity Exchange of India
9 Thermal Coal (ZC) Futures, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange
10 Natural Gas (Henry Hub) Last-day Financial (HH) Futures, New York Mercantile Exchange
11 Light Sweet Crude Oil Futures, Moscow Exchange

* Traded on multiple U.S. options exchanges


1 Began trading in March 2020

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Jan-Jun 2020 Vol Jan-Jun 2019 Vol Vol % Change 2020 June OI 2019 June OI
490,537,128 274,515,884 78.7% 1,887,208 594,098
174,968,437 152,076,255 15.1% 2,008,618 2,020,929
137,808,480 112,258,016 22.8% 2,695,102 2,449,680
105,070,167 53,248,597 97.3% 532,960 290,534
66,108,965 44,911,795 47.2% 1,316,452 1,291,955
37,832,798 27,280,082 38.7% 1,655 12,884
30,830,432 27,097,168 13.8% 518,136 676,276
18,478,670 4,917,872 275.7% 16,328 13,770
16,514,197 14,547,394 13.5% 229,696 201,507
1,504,029 1,925,580 -21.9% 290,880 356,608
1,158,853 304,643 280.4% 8,456 6,072

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ecution facilities. The data are subject to revision by the exchanges and may contain errors or omissions. Volume for exchange-traded futu
OI % Change
217.7%
-0.6%
10.0%
83.4%
1.9%
-87.2%
-23.4%
18.6%
14.0%
-18.4%
39.3%

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ons. Volume for exchange-traded futures and options is measured by the number of contracts traded on a round-trip basis to avoid doubl
nd-trip basis to avoid double-counting. Open interest for exchange-traded futures and options is measured by the number of contracts ou
ed by the number of contracts outstanding at the end of the month.
Top Metals Futures Contracts
Rank Contract
1 Steel Rebar Futures, Shanghai Futures Exchange
2 Iron Ore Futures, Dalian Commodity Exchange
3 Silver Futures, Shanghai Futures Exchange
4 Nickel Futures, Shanghai Futures Exchange
5 Gold (GC) Futures, Commodity Exchange (COMEX)
6 Aluminium Futures, London Metal Exchange
7 Diamond (1 Carat) Futures, Indian Commodity Exchange
8 Zinc Futures, Shanghai Futures Exchange
9 Copper Futures, Shanghai Futures Exchange
10 Aluminum Futures, Shanghai Futures Exchange
11 Gold Futures, Shanghai Futures Exchange
12 Copper Grade A Futures, London Metal Exchange
13 Special High Grade Zinc Futures, London Metal Exchange
14 Copper (HG) Futures, Commodity Exchange (COMEX)
15 Silver (5,000 oz) (SI) Futures, Commodity Exchange (COMEX)
16 Primary Nickel Futures, London Metal Exchange
17 Gold Mini Futures, Multi Commodity Exchange of India
18 Lead Futures, Shanghai Futures Exchange
19 Gold Petal Futures, Multi Commodity Exchange of India
20 Silver Futures, Multi Commodity Exchange of India

* Traded on multiple U.S. options exchanges


1 Began trading in December 2019

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Jan-Jun 2020 Vol Jan-Jun 2019 Vol Vol % Change 2020 June OI 2019 June OI
187,889,436 223,132,914 -15.8% 1,831,375 1,767,886
135,552,335 141,198,781 -4.0% 989,990 1,171,290
88,130,443 25,001,839 252.5% 579,811 425,866
71,293,460 51,393,888 38.7% 215,959 241,727
41,989,505 36,515,515 15.0% 561,628 580,855
34,368,139 33,480,456 2.7% 1,055,595 905,278
25,330,770 57,582,064 -56.0% 6,580 44,394
23,354,885 43,348,571 -46.1% 198,247 311,043
22,795,704 19,027,399 19.8% 353,610 296,921
21,902,315 17,116,649 28.0% 446,815 347,027
20,637,626 15,095,461 36.7% 290,007 297,249
16,854,295 17,960,800 -6.2% 374,346 398,058
12,947,198 15,707,751 -17.6% 238,745 335,211
12,462,472 12,788,426 -2.5% 193,194 247,503
11,218,468 10,776,143 4.1% 169,418 218,355
9,584,040 11,099,280 -13.7% 255,295 333,688
4,908,067 2,017,917 143.2% 11,909 15,236
3,974,123 3,112,100 27.7% 57,141 44,342
3,509,927 767,080 357.6% 23,177 11,420
3,262,836 2,173,447 50.1% 13,054 20,376

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ses and swap execution facilities. The data are subject to revision by the exchanges and may contain errors or omissions. Volume for exch
OI % Change
3.6%
-15.5%
36.1%
-10.7%
-3.3%
16.6%
-85.2%
-36.3%
19.1%
28.8%
-2.4%
-6.0%
-28.8%
-21.9%
-22.4%
-23.5%
-21.8%
28.9%
103.0%
-35.9%

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or omissions. Volume for exchange-traded futures and options is measured by the number of contracts traded on a round-trip basis to av
on a round-trip basis to avoid double-counting. Open interest for exchange-traded futures and options is measured by the number of cont
measured by the number of contracts outstanding at the end of the month.
Top Other Futures Contracts
Rank Contract
1 Methanol (MA) Futures, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange
2 Polypropylene Futures, Dalian Commodity Exchange
3 Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Futures, Dalian Commodity Exchange
4 Urea (UR) Futures, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange 2
5 Fibre Board Futures, Dalian Commodity Exchange
6 Bloomberg Commodity Index Futures, Chicago Board of Trade
7 Asia CAT Weather Futures, Chicago Mercantile Exchange 4
8 CDD Weather Futures, Chicago Mercantile Exchange
9 HDD Weather Futures, Chicago Mercantile Exchange

1 Began trading in September 2019


2 Began trading in August 2019
3 Began trading in December 2019
4 Began trading in April 2020

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Jan-Jun 2020 Vol Jan-Jun 2019 Vol Vol % Change 2020 June OI 2019 June OI
150,127,100 122,676,658 22.4% 1,530,846 1,063,506
85,388,065 36,956,230 131.1% 450,277 416,023
21,725,055 18,449,871 17.8% 240,854 265,425
5,508,606 n/a n/a 121,436 n/a
557,454 259,114 115.1% 595 445
213,807 322,081 -33.6% 22,194 22,713
7,800 n/a n/a 0 n/a
7,050 7,175 -1.7% 6,750 6,925
6,825 2,100 225.0% 0 0

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OI % Change
43.9%
8.2%
-9.3%
n/a
33.7%
-2.3%
n/a
-2.5%
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ons. Volume for exchange-traded futures and options is measured by the number of contracts traded on a round-trip basis to avoid doub
nd-trip basis to avoid double-counting. Open interest for exchange-traded futures and options is measured by the number of contracts ou
d by the number of contracts outstanding at the end of the month.
Top 40 Interest Rate Futures and Options Contracts
Rank Contract Jan-Jun 2020 Vol
1 Eurodollar Futures, Chicago Mercantile Exchange 333,120,033
2 One Day Inter-Bank Deposit Futures, B3 266,209,274
3 10 Year Treasury Note Futures, Chicago Board of Trade 236,205,242
4 5 Year Treasury Note Futures, Chicago Board of Trade 144,792,836
5 3 Month Euribor Futures, ICE Futures Europe 99,735,092
6 Euro-Bund Futures, Eurex 93,850,227
7 3 Month Sterling Futures, ICE Futures Europe 91,344,143
8 2 Year Treasury Note Futures, Chicago Board of Trade 86,027,265
9 10 Year Treasury Note Options, Chicago Board of Trade 77,942,655
10 Federal Funds Futures, Chicago Board of Trade 42,764,411

* Traded on multiple U.S. options exchanges

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Jan-Jun 2019 Vol Vol % Change 2020 June OI 2019 June OI OI % Change
379,025,224 -12.1% 9,752,715 12,757,383 -23.6%
185,889,184 43.2% 24,158,811 20,938,748 15.4%
225,487,509 4.8% 3,441,124 3,763,034 -8.6%
149,743,439 -3.3% 3,555,414 4,475,582 -20.6%
97,658,785 2.1% 3,307,806 4,229,647 -21.8%
95,189,048 -1.4% 1,064,284 1,534,118 -30.6%
92,635,779 -1.4% 3,476,748 3,974,029 -12.5%
88,430,443 -2.7% 2,116,752 3,590,884 -41.1%
79,995,826 -2.6% 2,220,660 4,168,470 -46.7%
44,002,502 -2.8% 1,793,109 2,243,956 -20.1%

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cution facilities. The data are subject to revision by the exchanges and may contain errors or omissions. Volume for exchange-traded futu
ume for exchange-traded futures and options is measured by the number of contracts traded on a round-trip basis to avoid double-counti
trip basis to avoid double-counting. Open interest for exchange-traded futures and options is measured by the number of contracts outst
by the number of contracts outstanding at the end of the month.

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