# RWA Perpetuals Post $829.4 Billion in October Trading Volume By Enna Lee Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/53260 Published: 2026-11-10T18:10:23.000Z Updated: 2026-11-10T18:10:23.000Z Section: Investing > October volume rose 29% from September, and open interest reached a record $14.6 billion. Nearly half of U.S. single-stock perpetual volume occurred while the NYSE was closed. Real-world asset perpetuals recorded $829.4 billion in October trading volume, while open interest reached a record $14.6 billion across contracts tied to equities, commodities and indexes. The reported volume was up 29% from September. U.S. single-stock perpetuals generated 49.8% of their volume while the New York Stock Exchange was closed, meaning trading in those contracts also took place outside the exchange’s operating hours. Pyth data priced 88.5% of October’s trades. The figure refers to the share of trading for which Pyth provided pricing data. The October total covers one month. In the third quarter, tracked RWA perpetual volume reached $2.16 trillion, including $2.04 trillion, or 94.4%, in markets using Pyth data. The [third-quarter RWA perpetual volume breakdown]() covers that three-month period. Open interest had previously reached $12.6 billion in the third quarter. The October figure exceeds that mark, which was covered in an [earlier open-interest update](). ## Links in this article - [third-quarter RWA perpetual volume breakdown](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/33856) - [earlier open-interest update](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/32609)