245.8 Million Derivative Contracts Traded During January 2026
Highest Monthly U.S. Equities Notional Traded in NYSE History
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., a leading global provider of technology and data, announced that January marked the strongest month for trading activity in its history with a record 245.8 million contracts traded, including a record 199 million futures traded and a record 46.9 million options traded.
In addition, January 2026 marked the highest notional in NYSE history, with a record daily average of $202.5 billion in notional value of U.S. equities traded.
Across ICE’s derivatives markets, January marked new records for average daily volumes (ADV) with record ADV of 12 million futures and options, with record commodities ADV of 7.7 million, record energy ADV of 7.2 million and record natural gas ADV of 3 million.
“Following a record year last year, 2026 has already set new milestones for trading activity across ICE as well as at the NYSE,” said Ben Jackson, President of ICE. “For 25 years, ICE has continually invested in building a network of markets, technology and supporting data to provide the breadth of tools our customers need to manage their risk, benefitting from the capital efficiency and liquidity ICE offers, and the strength of our trading infrastructure.”
January 2026 trading records include:
- Record 153.9 million commodities futures and options traded
- Record 143.8 million energy futures and options traded
- Record 60.9 million natural gas futures and options traded, including a record 19.4 million TTF futures and options.
- Record 10.5 million Oil options traded with a record 9.2 million Brent options and record 220,000 Gasoil options traded
- Record 3.7 million Dubai futures traded and record 1.9 million Midland WTI (HOU) futures traded
- Record 2.4 million power futures and options traded
- Record 808,000 natural gas liquids futures traded
- Record 708,000 EU carbon allowance options traded
- Record 9 million SONIA options traded
Meanwhile, ICE’s futures markets hit record open interest of 60 million contracts on January 29, 2026, with record open interest in commodity futures of 44.9 million, energy futures of 42.4 million, Oil futures of 11.9 million, and SONIA futures and options of 14.5 million.
Source: ICE
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