The Derivatives Market is 11 Times The Size of The Entire World Economy

We had spotted multiple market stats. One thing we have always wanted to do is to digest these stats – for example, we know the derivatives market is big. But how big, exactly? We spotted this today:

“The size of the world stock market was estimated at about $36.6 trillion at the beginning of October 2008.[1] The total world derivatives market has been estimated at about $791 trillion face or nominal value,[2] 11 times the size of the entire world economy.[3”

Statistics Source: Wikipedia

We recently spotted the total number of derivative contracts traded as well.

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