The commodity swaps market, which has an outstanding notional value of $2,993 billion at the first half of 2012, according to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), is the smallest sector of the overall swaps market comprising only 0.5 percent of the $639 trillion total notional value.
Notional Value of Exchange-Traded and OTC Contracts
Amount in Trillions
2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |
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Exchange-Traded Futures and Options1 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 38 | 38 | 43 | 43 | 30 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 25 |
OTC Contracts (OCC)2 | 43 | 51 | 64 | 83 | 95 | 124 | 158 | 165 | 276 | 282 | 289 | 281 |
OTC Contracts (BIS)3 | 111 | 142 | 197 | 258 | 298 | 415 | 596 | 598 | 604 | 601 | 648 | 639 |
1 Exchange-Traded Futures/Options are those traded on CFTC Designated Contract Markets. (back to text)
2 Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) data is for the top 25 bank holding companies with the most derivative contracts and “OTC” includes: Forwards, Swaps, Options, and Credit Derivatives. The value for 2012 is as of end-September. (back to text)
3 Bank of International Settlements (BIS) OCT data includes “Foreign Exchange, “Interest Rates”, “Equity-linked”, “Commodity”, “Credit Default Swaps”, and “Unallocated” contracts. The value for 2012 is as of end-June. (back to text)