Open interest is plotted as a solid line above the volume bars on the price chart, with a vertical scale indicating the total
number of contracts outstanding.
During this same period, activity on the crude oil futures market — as measured by
the number of contracts outstanding, trading activity, and the number of traders — has increased significantly.
The other dimension of our data is open interest, i.e.,
the number of contracts outstanding at any one moment in time.
Not exact matches
That
number is $ 6.7 billion at Dec. 31 — down from $ 7.3 billion last year, when more
contracts were
outstanding, and $ 10 billion at the end
of 2008, when stock markets were far lower.
Liu's campaign responded to Avella's attack by saying the former comptroller saved taxpayers $ 5 billion through a
number of means, including audits conducted
of city agencies, scrutiny
of city
contracts and the refinancing
of $ 20 billion
of outstanding bond debt.
The total
number of outstanding option
contracts for a particular option series.