OCC Cleared Contract Volume Down Nine Percent in September

  • Securities lending activity up 13 percent in September and 21 percent year-to-date
  • Cleared futures volume up one percent in September and 42 percent year-to-date
October 02, 2017
Chicago -

OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that cleared contract volume in September was 335,867,813 contracts, down nine percent from September 2016 volume of 367,641,787 contracts. OCC's year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume is up three percent from 2016 with 17,038,958 contracts in 2017.

Options: Exchange-listed options volume reached 325,116,389 contracts in September, down nine percent from September 2016 volume of 357,041,027 contracts. Year-to-date average daily options volume is up two percent from 2016 with 16,471,583 contracts in 2017.

Equity Options volume in September was 282,159,560 contracts, a 12 percent decrease from September 2016. This includes cleared ETF options volume of 122,563,903 contracts last month, a 16 percent decrease from September 2016 volume of 145,850,238 contracts. Index options volume in September was up 13 percent with 42,956,829 contracts.

Futures: OCC cleared futures volume in September reached 10,751,424 contracts, a one percent increase from the September 2016 volume of 10,600,760 contracts. OCC's year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume is up 42 percent from 2016 with 567,375 contracts in 2017.

Security Lending: OCC's securities lending CCP activity in September 2017 was up 13 percent in new loans from September 2016 with 190,544 transactions. Year-to-date stock loan activity is up 21 percent from 2016 with 1,717,306 new loan transactions in 2017. The average daily loan value cleared by OCC in September was $146,710,753,014.

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OCC CLEARED CONTRACT VOLUME SEPTEMBER 2017
 
September 2017 Total Contract Volume
September 2016 Total Contract Volume
September Total Contract % Change vs. 2016
YTD. Avg. Daily Contract 2017
YTD. Avg. Daily Contract 2016
Avg. Daily Contract % Change vs. 2016
Equity Options
282,159,560
319,042,080
-11.6%
14,504,785
14,373,640
0.9%
ETF Options
122,563,903
145,850,238
-16.0%
6,416,518
6,527,649
-1.7%
Index Options
42,956,829
37,998,947
13.0%
1,966,798
1,726,456
13.9%
Total Options
325,116,389
357,041,027
-8.9%
16,471,583
16,100,096
2.3%
Total Futures
10,751,424
10,600,760
1.4%
567,375
401,053
41.5%
Total Volume
335,867,813
367,641,787
-8.6%
17,038,958
16,501,149
3.3%