Appendix 3. The Commission and the Industry We Regulate
Notional Value of Exchange-Traded and OTC Contracts

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

Chart showing the Notional Value of Exchange-Traded and Over the Counter (OTC) Contracts for fiscal years 2001 to 2012.

Notional Value of Exchange-Traded and OTC Contracts
Amount in Trillions
  2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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)