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OCC May Volume Up 13.1 Percent
Index options up 33.2 percent
Futures options up 20.1 percent
CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–OCC, the
world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced
today that total cleared contract volume in May reached 464,971,407
contracts, a 13.1 percent increase compared to last May, and the highest
total volume for May in OCC’s history. OCC’s year-to-date average daily
cleared contract volume is 19,609,615, down 8.0 percent compared to
2018’s record-breaking pace.
Options: Overall exchange-listed
options volume reached 455,941,785 contracts in May, up 12.9 percent
from 403,748,267 in 2018. Equity
options volume reached a total of 405,895,497 contracts, a 10.8
percent increase from May 2018. This includes cleared ETF
options volume of 175,731,232 contracts last month, a 16.4 percent
increase compared to the May 2018 volume of 150,994,638 contracts. Index
options volume was up 33.2 percent with 50,046,288 contracts in May,
with a year-to-date average daily volume of 1,915,075 contracts.
Futures: Futures cleared by OCC reached 9,029,622 contracts in
May, up 20.1 percent from May 2018. OCC’s year-to-date average daily
cleared futures volume is 310,478 contracts, 33.3 percent lower than
2018.
Securities Lending: OCC’s securities
lending CCP activity was up 0.3 percent in new loans from May 2018
with 119,589 transactions last month. Year-to-date stock loan activity
decreased 1.7 percent from 2018 with 567,184 new loan transactions in
2019. The average daily loan value at OCC in May was $73,894,238,728.
For 2019 monthly exchange market share information, click here.
| May 2019 | May 2018 | May Total | YTD Avg. | YTD Avg. | 2019 Avg. | |||||||||||||
| Total | Total | Contract | Daily | Daily | Daily Contract | |||||||||||||
| Contract | Contract | % Change | Contract | Contract | % Change | |||||||||||||
| Volume | Volume | vs. 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | vs. 2018 | |||||||||||||
| Equity Options | 405,895,497 | 366,176,065 | 10.8% | 17,384,063 | 18,429,107 | -5.7% | ||||||||||||
| ETF Options | 175,731,232 | 150,994,638 | 16.4% | 6,978,706 | 8,352,546 | -16.4% | ||||||||||||
| Index Options | 50,046,288 | 37,572,202 | 33.2% | 1,915,075 | 2,427,010 | -21.1% | ||||||||||||
| Total Options | 455,941,785 | 403,748,267 | 12.9% | 19,299,138 | 20,856,116 | -7.5% | ||||||||||||
| Total Futures | 9,029,622 | 7,516,664 | 20.1% | 310,478 | 465,648 | -33.3% | ||||||||||||
| Total Volume | 464,971,407 | 411,264,931 | 13.1% | 19,609,615 | 21,321,764 | -8.0% |
About OCC
OCC is the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization and
the foundation for secure markets. Founded in 1973, OCC operates under
the jurisdiction of both the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) as a registered clearing agency and the U.S. Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC) as a Derivatives Clearing Organization. Named
2019 Best Clearing House by Markets Media, and Clearing House of
the Year – The Americas by FOW, OCC now provides central
counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 20 exchanges and
trading platforms for options, financial futures, security futures, and
securities lending transactions. More information about OCC is available
at www.theocc.com
Contacts
Media Contact:
Alex Starace
312-986-6005
astarace@theocc.com