Sep. 15, 2026
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)®, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, today announced it will provide central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services for MX2 Options (“MX2”), a new options exchange from MEMX Group. The addition extends OCC's existing clearing relationship with MEMX to a second exchange within the MEMX family, bringing OCC's total participant venues to 19 options exchanges, 2 futures exchanges, and one stock loan exchange. "MX2 reflects the kind of growth we're built to support," said Andrej Bolkovic, Chief Executive Officer...
Sep. 08, 2026
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) ®, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, has appointed Jake Middleton as Chief Security Officer, effective Sept. 8, 2026. Middleton will lead and manage enterprise-wide information security and cybersecurity teams. Middleton has more than 20 years of cyber and information security leadership. He joins OCC from Federal Reserve Financial Services, where he served as Vice President and Head of Product and Platform Security. There he led security architecture for the Federal Reserve's national payment, clearing, and settlement...
Sep. 02, 2026
Contract Volume August 2026 Contracts August 2025 Contracts % Change 2026 YTD ADV 2025 YTD ADV % Change Equity Options 739,008,255 724,972,293 1.9% 35,232,703 31,189,516 13.0% ETF Options 579,147,745 428,124,265 35.3% 29,105,896 21,549,799 35.1% Index Options 122,438,617 104,711,645 16.9% 6,201,250 4,758,060 30.3% Total Options 1,440,594,617 1,257,808,203 14.5% 70,539,849 57,497,376 22.7% Futures 3,436,746 4,578,902...
Comment Letters
Aug. 31, 2026
On June 30, 2026, the CFTC and SEC jointly issued a Request for Comment on further implementation of portfolio margining and cross-margining of securities and derivatives. The request asked for input on approaches to harmonize the portfolio margining frameworks that apply across securities, security-based swaps, futures, and related positions. The request addresses existing portfolio margining and cross margining implementations. It also specifically requested comments on the potential impacts of portfolio margining to margin requirements, segregation and bankruptcy treatment, and...
Aug. 04, 2026
Contract Volume July 2026 Contracts July 2025 Contracts % Change 2026 YTD ADV 2025 YTD ADV % Change Equity Options 748,223,106 713,178,376 4.9% 35,238,761 30,706,810 14.8% ETF Options 668,444,413 420,178,954 59.1% 29,327,110 21,718,224 35.0% Index Options 133,889,584 100,200,290 33.6% 6,254,958 4,725,009 32.4% Total Options 1,550,557,103 1,233,557,620 25.7% 70,820,829 57,150,043 23.9% Futures 4,631,774 3,916,855 18.3...