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Growth in Volume of Futures & Option Contracts Traded & FTEs


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Trading volume has increased almost six-fold in the last decade while staffing levels at the Commission have trended downward.

Figure 1: Growth in Volume of Contracts Traded and FTEs
1998 – 2008
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Full-time Equivalents
(Staff Years)
560 567 546 514 521 497 517 491 493 437 448
Contract Trading Volume
(Millions)
625 614 580 723 1,004 1,225 1,518 1,920 2,421 3,085 3,446
Last Updated: September 23, 2009