Volume of equity derivatives traded on the Borsa Italiana 2010-2022
By the end of 2020, derivative trading in Italy had fallen to its lowest market volume for the last decade, with just over 25 million standard contracts being issued over the year. this compares to a peak of 49 million standard contracts in 2016, after which the volume of derivatives traded on the Milan Stock Exchange declined sharply. The trading volume began to increase again in 2022, reaching 27 million standard contracts. Equity derivatives related to trades, in the form of an index and single name futures and options; energy and wheat futures accounted for a very small share of the total derivatives trade in Italy.
