CBOT Sets Second Consecutive Exchange Open Interest Record

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced that the exchange set a new daily open interest record on January 30, 2004. The new record at 9,660,028 contracts held surpasses the previous high at 9,543,591 contracts set the previous day.

Open interest represents the number of positions that have not yet been offset and closed out at the end of a trading day.