OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that cleared contract volume in April was 320,547,848 contracts, down six percent from April 2016 monthly volume of 339,522,257 contracts. Average daily volume at OCC is down one percent in 2017 with 17,027,383 contracts. OCC's stock loan program reported strong volume numbers with April activity up seven percent and year-to-date activity up 17 percent.
Options: Exchange-listed options volume reached 309,679,049 contracts in April, a seven percent decrease from April 2016. Year-to-date average daily options volume is down two percent from 2016 with 16,496,920 contracts.
Equity options volume last month was 269,566,040 contracts, a ten percent decrease from April 2016. This includes cleared ETF options volume of 129,366,338 contracts last month, a four percent increase over April 2016 volume of 124,959,215 contracts. Index options volume in April was up 28 percent from April 2016 with 40,113,009 contracts.
Futures: Cleared futures volume at OCC in April was 10,868,799 contracts, a 42 percent increase from April 2016. OCC's year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume is up 52 percent with 530,463 contracts.
Securities Lending: OCC's securities lending activity in April 2017 was up seven percent in new loans from April 2016 with 176,734 transactions. Year-to-date stock loan activity is up 17 percent from 2016 with 728,464 new loan transactions. The average daily loan value cleared by OCC in April was $151,596,928,566.
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April 2017 Total Contract Volume
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April 2016
Total Contract Volume |
April Total Contract % Change vs. 2016
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YTD. Avg. Daily Contract 2017
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YTD. Avg. Daily Contract 2016
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Avg. Daily Contract % Change vs. 2016
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| Equity Options |
269,566,040
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300,607,576
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-10.3%
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14,508,001
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15,032,522
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-3.5%
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| ETF Options |
129,366,338
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124,959,215
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3.5%
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6,565,140
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6,796,266
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-3.4%
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| Index Options |
40,113,009
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31,235,294
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28.4%
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1,988,919
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1,741,882
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14.2%
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| Total Options |
309,679,049
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331,842,870
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-6.7%
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16,496,920
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16,774,404
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-1.7%
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| Total Futures |
10,868,799
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7,679,387
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41.5%
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530,463
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349,245
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51.9%
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| Total Volume |
320,547,848
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339,522,257
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-5.6%
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17,027,383
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17,123,650
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-0.6%
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