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QUARTERLY VOLUMES REVIEW

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Quarterly Volumes Review – Q3 2025

Oil-derivatives trading fell year on year in Q3, signalling a shift toward longer-term, fundamentals-led positioning.

In this quarterly review We document a pronounced decline in traded oil-derivatives volumes to 232 bn bbls, versus 258 bn bbls in the same period a year prior, despite broadly stable open interest, and interpret this as evidence of a shift toward longer-duration, fundamentals-anchored speculative positioning, and away from headline driven reactive position taking.

1 December 2025