2004 KCBT Volume And Open Interest - Kansas City Board Of Trade Wheat Futures Volume Sets New Record In 2004

Trading volume in the Kansas City Board of Trade wheat futures contract for 2004 shattered all previous volume records with a total of 2,883,370 contracts being traded. This year’s tally breaks the previous annual record of 2,738,536 contracts, set in 2002, by 94,834 contracts.

Total exchange volume for 2004 amounted to 3,089,804 contracts, the third largest in exchange history. The record of 3,326,836 contracts was set in 2002. This year’s tally was off only 10,701 contracts from the second best year, which was 2003.

The Kansas City Board of Trade, chartered in 1876, is the world's largest futures market for hard red winter wheat.