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...
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...