OCC announced today average daily cleared contract volume in August was 15,502,290 contracts, a 4 percent increase from August 2013. Total cleared contract volume for the month reached 325,548,099 contracts in 21 days, a 0.35 percent decrease from the 22 trading-day August 2013 volume of 326,697,656 contracts. OCC's year-to-date cleared contract volume is up 0.19 percent with 2,803,135,205 contracts in 2014.
Options: Exchange-listed options trading volume in August was 320,155,407 contracts, 0.57 percent lower than August 2013. Average daily options trading volume last month was up 4 percent from August 2013 with 15,245,495 contracts. Year-to-date total options trading volume is off 0.01 percent from 2013 with 2,758,678,957 contracts.
Futures: OCC cleared 5,392,692 futures contracts in August, representing a 14 percent increase from August 2013. OCC's average daily cleared futures volume in August was up 20 percent from August 2013 with 256,795 contracts. OCC's year-to-date cleared futures volume is up 14 percent from 2013 with 44,456,248 contracts.
Securities Lending: OCC's securities lending CCP activity was down 16 percent in new loans from August 2013 with 93,950 transactions last month. Year-to-date stock loan activity is down 11 percent from 2013 with 785,940 new loan transactions in 2014. The average daily loan value at OCC in August was $152,198,732,151.
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August 2014 Total Contract Volume
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August 2013 Total Contract Volume
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August Total Contract % Change vs. 2013
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YTD. Avg. Daily Contract 2014
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YTD. Avg. Daily Contract 2013
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Avg. Daily Contract % Change vs. 2013
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| Equity Options |
287,161,404
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291,214,395
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-1.39%
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14,889,325
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14,889,406
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0.00%
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| Index Options |
32,994,003
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30,761,649
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7.26%
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1,629,711
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1,532,994
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6.31%
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| Debt Options |
0
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0
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n/a
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0
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1
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n/a
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| Total Options |
320,155,407
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321,976,044
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-0.57%
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16,519,036
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16,422,401
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0.59%
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| Equity Futures |
826,453
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627,840
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31.63%
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39,492
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33,922
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16.42%
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| Index / Other Futures |
4,566,239
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4,093,772
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11.54%
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226,713
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197,795
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14.62%
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| Total Futures |
5,392,692
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4,721,612
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14.21%
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266,205
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231,718
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14.88%
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| Total Volume |
325,548,099
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326,697,656
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-0.35%
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16,785,241
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16,654,119
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0.79%
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