OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that cleared contract volume in April was 331,552,965 contracts, an 8 percent decrease from the April 2014 monthly volume of 360,854,580 contracts. Average daily volume at OCC is down 9 percent in 2015 with 16,317,845 contracts. OCC's stock loan program reported strong volume numbers in April with year-to-date activity up 12 percent.
Options: Exchange-listed options volume reached 327,599,831 contracts in April, an 8 percent decrease from April 2014. Year-to-date average daily options volume is down 9 percent from 2014 with 16,102,772 contracts.
Equity options volume last month was 300,338,480 contracts, a 7 percent decrease from April 2014. Index options volume in April was down 14 percent with 27,261,351 contracts.
Futures: Cleared futures volume at OCC in April was 3,953,134 contracts, a 22 percent decrease from April 2014. OCC's year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume is down 24 percent with 215,073 contracts.
Securities Lending: OCC's securities lending CCP activity in April 2015 was up 16 percent in new loans from April 2014 with 112,978 transactions last month. Year-to-date stock loan activity is up 12 percent from 2014 with 430,442 new loan transactions in 2015. The average daily loan value cleared by OCC in April was $186,497,073,123.
OCC CLEARED CONTRACT VOLUME APRIL 2015
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OCC CLEARED CONTRACT VOLUME APRIL 2015 |
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April 2015 Total Contract Volume
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April 2014 Total Contract Volume
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April Total Contract % Change vs. 2014
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YTD. Avg. Daily Contract 2015
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YTD. Avg. Daily Contract 2014
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Avg. Daily Contract % Change vs. 2014
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| Equity Options |
300,338,480
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324,070,049
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-7.3%
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14,689,019
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15,909,111
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-7.7%
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| Index Options |
27,261,351
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31,732,951
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-14.1%
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1,413,753
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1,726,286
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-18.1%
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| Total Options |
327,599,831
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355,803,000
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-7.9%
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16,102,772
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17,635,397
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-8.7%
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| Total Futures |
3,953,134
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5,051,580
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-21.7%
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215,073
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283,348
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-24.1%
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| Total Volume |
331,552,965
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360,854,580
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-8.1%
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16,317,845
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17,918,745
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-8.9%
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