OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that total cleared contract volume in April reached 405,853,179 contracts, a 27 percent increase from April 2017 volume of 320,547,848 contracts and marking the highest April on record. OCC's year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume is up 29 percent from 2017 with 22,026,812 contracts compared to 17,027,383 contracts in 2017.
Options: Overall exchange-listed options volume volume reached 398,481,297 contracts in April, up 29 percent from April 2017. Equity options volume reached a total of 356,177,370 contracts, a 32 percent increase from April 2017. This includes cleared ETF options volume of 164,495,446 contracts last month, a 27 percent increase over April 2017 volume of 129,366,338 contracts. Index options volume was up five percent with 42,303,927 contracts in April.
Futures: Futures cleared by OCC reached 7,371,882 contracts in April, down 32 percent from April 2017. OCC's year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume was 498,911 contracts, six percent less than 2017.
Securities Lending: OCC's securities lending CCP activity was up 25 percent in new loans from April 2017 with 221,744 transactions last month. Year-to-date stock loan activity increased 26 percent from 2017 with 915,802 new loan transactions in 2018. The average daily loan value at OCC in April was $183,505,813,710.
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OCC CLEARED CONTRACT VOLUME APRIL 2018
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April 2018 Total Contract Volume
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April 2017 Total Contract Volume
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Apr Total Contract % Change vs. Apr 2017
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YTD. Avg. Daily Contract 2018
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YTD. Avg. Daily Contract 2017
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Avg. Daily Contract % Change vs. 2017
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| Equity Options |
356,177,370
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269,566,040
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32.1%
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18,907,939
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14,508,001
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30.3%
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| ETF Options |
164,495,446
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129,366,338
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27.2%
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8,752,074
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6,565,141
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33.3%
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| Index Options |
42,303,927
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40,113,009
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5.5%
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2,619,962
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1,988,919
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31.7%
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| Total Options |
398,481,297
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309,679,049
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28.7%
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21,527,901
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16,496,920
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30.5%
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| Total Futures |
7,371,882
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10,868,799
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-32.2%
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498,911
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530,463
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-5.9%
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| Total Volume |
405,853,179
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320,547,848
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26.6%
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22,026,812
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17,027,383
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29.4%
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