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Friday, March 7, 2008

The Top Volume Leaders for 2007

These were the most actively traded futures contracts at US exchanges last year
#1 Eurodollars (621 million contracts)
#2 E-mini S&P 500 (415 million contracts)
#3 10 Year T-Notes (349 million contracts)
#4 5 Year T-Notes (166 million contracts)
#5 Crude Oil (121 million contracts)
#6 Treasury Bonds (107 million contracts)
#7 E-mini NASDAQ 100 (95 million contracts)
#8 2 Year T-Notes (68 million contracts)
#9 E-mini Russell (60 million contracts)
#10 Corn (54 million contracts)
#11 EuroFX (43 million contracts)
#12 E-mini Dow (40 million contracts)
#13 Soybeans (31 million contracts)
#14 Japanese Yen (30 million contracts)
# 15 Natural Gas (29 million contracts)

Market-Share, By Product Groups (for 2007)
Interest Rate contracts: 50%
Stock Indices: 26%Energies: 9%
Agricultural contracts: 7%
Currencies: 6%Metals: 2%

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