MGEX Notes October Volume

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), announces October Volume numbers cascading through the Annual Total Futures Volume record with a year to date volume of 2,328,466 contracts. The previous calendar record, set in 2015, has already been beaten by 39,781 contracts.

October has proved to be a valuable month in 2017’s overall record-breaking calendar year, now reaching upwards of 2,442,465 contracts in total volume, with 120,546 of those contracts traded in October. This overall number topples over the 2015 calendar year total record of 2,315,186 contracts.

As the sixth consecutive October with numbers pushing 105,000 contracts, MGEX is proud to announce another great month and looks forward to ending the calendar year on a record-breaking note.

Open interest has increased 36% since last year at this time with 100,432 contracts at the close of yesterday.

To view MGEX volume and open interest records, please visit our website at www.mgex.com and click the link on the right hand side.