OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that total cleared contract volume in May reached 464,971,407 contracts, a 13.1 percent increase compared to last May, and the highest total volume for May in OCC's history. OCC's year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume is 19,609,615, down 8.0 percent compared to 2018's record-breaking pace.
Options: Overall exchange-listed options volume reached 455,941,785 contracts in May, up 12.9 percent from 403,748,267 in 2018. Equity options volume reached a total of 405,895,497 contracts, a 10.8 percent increase from May 2018. This includes cleared ETF options volume of 175,731,232 contracts last month, a 16.4 percent increase compared to the May 2018 volume of 150,994,638 contracts. Index options volume was up 33.2 percent with 50,046,288 contracts in May, with a year-to-date average daily volume of 1,915,075 contracts.
Futures: Futures cleared by OCC reached 9,029,622 contracts in May, up 20.1 percent from May 2018. OCC's year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume is 310,478 contracts, 33.3 percent lower than 2018.
Securities Lending: OCC's securities lending CCP activity was up 0.3 percent in new loans from May 2018 with 119,589 transactions last month. Year-to-date stock loan activity decreased 1.7 percent from 2018 with 567,184 new loan transactions in 2019. The average daily loan value at OCC in May was $73,894,238,728.
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May 2019 Total Contract Volume |
May 2018 Total Contract Volume |
May Total Contract % Change vs. 2018 |
YTD Avg. Daily Contract 2019 |
YTD Avg. Daily Contract 2018 |
2019 Avg. Daily Contract % Change vs. 2018 |
|
| Equity Options |
405,895,497 |
366,176,065 |
10.8% |
17,384,063 |
18,429,107 |
-5.7% |
| ETF Options |
175,731,232 |
150,994,638 |
16.4% |
6,978,706 |
8,352,546 |
-16.4% |
| Index Options |
50,046,288 |
37,572,202 |
33.2% |
1,915,075 |
2,427,010 |
-21.1% |
| Total Options |
455,941,785 |
403,748,267 |
12.9% |
19,299,138 |
20,856,116 |
-7.5% |
| Total Futures |
9,029,622 |
7,516,664 |
20.1% |
310,478 |
465,648 |
-33.3% |
| Total Volume |
464,971,407 |
411,264,931 |
13.1% |
19,609,615 |
21,321,764 |
-8.0% |