OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, today said 2015 cleared contract volume was its third-highest total ever at 4,210,542,258 contracts, representing a three percent decrease from 2014 volume of 4,333,019,384 contracts. OCC ended the year with 345,836,508 cleared contracts in December, down four percent from December 2014.
Options: Exchange-listed options volume was down three percent in 2015 with 4,143,637,271 contracts. Total options volume in December was 338,822,054 contracts, down four percent from December 2014. Average daily options volume in 2015 was down three percent with 16,443,005 contracts.
Futures: OCC cleared 66,904,987 futures contracts in 2015, a one percent decrease from 2014. OCC ended the year with 7,014,454 cleared futures contracts in December, up 15 percent from December 2014. OCC's average daily cleared futures volume was down one percent in 2015 with 265,496 contracts.
Securities Lending: OCC's securities lending CCP activities saw a 19% percent increase in new loans from December 2014 with 138,358 transactions last month. Stock loan activity in 2015 was up 16 percent from 2014 with 1,399,966 new loan transactions in 2015. The average daily loan value at OCC in December was $155,790,053,724.
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Dec 2015 Total Contract Volume
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Dec 2014 Total Contract Volume
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Dec 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 |
305,902,180
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318,120,627
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-3.8%
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14,793,330
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15,258,227
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-3.1%
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Index Options |
32,919,874
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36,487,372
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-9.8%
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1,649,675
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1,667,840
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-1.1%
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Total Options |
338,822,054
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354,607,999
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-4.5%
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16,443,005
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16,926,066
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-2.9%
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Total Futures |
7,014,454
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6,080,155
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15.4%
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265,496
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268,455
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-1.1%
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Total Volume |
345,836,508
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360,688,154
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-4.1%
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16,708,501
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17,194,521
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-2.8%
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