Oct. 05, 2026
CHICAGO — 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 IEX Options LLC (“IEX Options”), a new options exchange from Investors’ Exchange LLC. The addition marks OCC's first clearing relationship with IEX and brings OCC's total participant venues to 20 options exchanges, 2 futures exchanges, and one stock loan exchange. “IEX brings a well-established track record and a different approach to options market structure,” said Andrej...
Oct. 02, 2026
Contract Volume September 2026 Contracts September 2025 Contracts % Change 2026 YTD ADV 2025 YTD ADV % Change Equity Options 706,934,110 821,531,219 -13.9% 35,056,485 32,080,165 9.3% ETF Options 642,086,022 465,745,680 37.9% 29,270,935 21,620,387 35.4% Index Options 137,042,283 112,438,679 21.9% 6,237,700 4,825,009 29.3% Total Options 1,486,062,415 1,399,715,578 6.2% 70,565,120 58,525,561 20.6% Futures 4,045,642 ...
Sep. 29, 2026
Chicago - The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)®, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, today announced the launch of an AI-powered security investigation agent (the "SOC Agent") built with Amazon Web Services' Amazon Bedrock. The solution automates the investigation of security alerts in OCC's Security Operations Center, delivers interpretable and auditable results, and creates a human-in-the-loop feedback system to continuously improve. “At OCC, protecting the markets we serve starts with the strength of our security operations. As a Systemically Important...
Comment Letters
Sep. 22, 2026
The SEC proposed rules on July 16, 2026, that would allow Broker-Dealers and other registrants to make e-delivery the default mechanism for providing their customers with information and disclosures required under the Securities Laws. As proposed, the rule would cover the options disclosure document (ODD) produced by OCC and its Participant Exchanges. On Sept. 21, 2026, OCC submitted a comment letter in support of the proposed rule. OCC’s letter argued that: Making e-delivery the default method for providing investors with the ODD would: Provide benefits to broker-dealers, including...
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...