At the same time, the open interest of option contracts surged from 20.4 billion USD to 46.2 billion USD, setting a new historical high. This increase of 25.8 billion USD significantly outpaces the growth in open interest in the futures market.

The rapid expansion of option open interest reflects the maturity of the investor community, which is increasingly adopting option contracts to execute more complex strategies for fine-tuning their risk management and trading positions.