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Chicago accounts for almost one fifth (18%) of the world’s global derivatives trading market; 2X New York (9%) and nearly matching all European exchanges combined (19%)
Chicago-based exchanges generated 4.7 billion in annual global derivatives trading volume with a notional value of more than one quadrillion in 2014
Chicago-based Options Clearing Corporation clears all US options contracts – 4.2 billion in 2015 (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