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Chicago accounts for one fifth (20%) of the world’s global derivatives trading market; 2X New York (10%) and matching all European exchanges combined (20%)
Chicago-based exchanges generated 4.9 billion in annual global derivatives trading volume with a notional value of more than one quadrillion in 2017
Chicago-based Options Clearing Corporation clears all US options contracts – 4.3 billion in 2017 (the third highest volume on record)
Chicago futures and options exchanges collectively dominate exchange-based derivatives trading, with more than half of exchange-based derivatives trading in North America