ICE announced that its 2025 trading activity set new records across both its global derivatives platforms and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) equity and options markets. Total futures and options contracts traded on ICE’s derivatives venues reached 2.4 billion, a 13 % increase over the 2.0 billion contracts that were the 2024 record. Average daily volume (ADV) climbed to 9.3 million contracts, up 14 % from the 8.2 million contracts that were the 2024 ADV record, while open interest (OI) closed the year at 102.7 million contracts, a 17 % rise from the 87.8 million contracts that were the 2024 OI record.
The overall OI record of 113.4 million contracts was reached on December 11, 2025. The record for ICE’s Brent futures market, however, was achieved on December 22, 2025, when OI hit 3.2 million contracts. These milestones underscore the sustained demand for ICE’s technology platform and the growing liquidity in its commodity, energy and interest‑rate markets.
In the NYSE equity and options segment, single‑day records were set for both shares and options. The exchange traded 7 billion shares and 18 million options in a single day, while ADV for shares and options reached 3.35 billion and 10.5 million, respectively. The specific dates of these single‑day records were not disclosed in the announcement.
The record volumes were driven by strong activity in commodity, energy and interest‑rate contracts. 1.4 billion contracts were traded in commodity markets, 1.3 billion in energy markets and 891 million in interest‑rate markets. The surge in energy contracts reflects heightened hedging demand amid volatile oil and gas prices, while the interest‑rate volume increase aligns with the Federal Reserve’s tightening cycle and the corresponding demand for rate‑related derivatives.
Ben Jackson, President of ICE, said the results “reflect the strength, resilience and capacity of ICE’s technology and infrastructure.” He added that the company’s continued investment in data services and the expansion of 24/7 tokenized securities trading are positioning ICE to capture new growth opportunities in the evolving financial‑technology landscape. The record milestones reinforce ICE’s market leadership and suggest that its platform will continue to support high‑volume, high‑frequency trading across a broad array of asset classes.
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