This timeline illustrates the number of standard options contracts on the Italian Derivatives Market (IDEM) from 2007 to 2023. A glance at the graph reveals sizeable fluctuations in the number of stipulated contracts, with a peak of almost 5.8 million contracts in 2016. By the end of 2023, the number of standard options contracts had decreased to around 1.6 million.
Number of standard options contracts on the Italian Derivatives Market (IDEM) from 2007 to 2023
Data prior to 2012 from earlier publications by the source.
The IDEM (Italian Derivatives Market) is part of Borsa Italiana and it allows trades of futures contracts on indices, equities and commodities such as electricity, as well as mini contracts.
An options contract is an agreement between two parties to facilitate a potential transaction on the underlying security at a preset price, referred to as the strike price, prior to the expiration date.
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Borsa Italiana , & London Stock Exchange. (August 14, 2024). Number of standard options contracts on the Italian Derivatives Market (IDEM) from 2007 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 11, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/759902/options-contracts-on-the-italian-derivatives-market-idem/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Borsa Italiana , und London Stock Exchange. "Number of standard options contracts on the Italian Derivatives Market (IDEM) from 2007 to 2023." Chart. August 14, 2024. Statista. Accessed February 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/759902/options-contracts-on-the-italian-derivatives-market-idem/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Borsa Italiana , London Stock Exchange. (2024). Number of standard options contracts on the Italian Derivatives Market (IDEM) from 2007 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/759902/options-contracts-on-the-italian-derivatives-market-idem/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Borsa Italiana , and London Stock Exchange. "Number of Standard Options Contracts on The Italian Derivatives Market (Idem) from 2007 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Aug 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/759902/options-contracts-on-the-italian-derivatives-market-idem/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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Number of standard options contracts on the Italian Derivatives Market (IDEM) from 2007 to 2023 [Graph], Borsa Italiana , & London Stock Exchange, August 14, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/759902/options-contracts-on-the-italian-derivatives-market-idem/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed