The number of actively traded contracts on U.S. exchanges has increased more than nine-fold in the last decade.
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
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Number of Contracts | 266 | 250 | 278 | 538 | 662 | 906 | 1,135 | 1,365 | 1,521 | 1,963 | 2,466 |