OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that total cleared contract volume in July reached 403,483,838 contracts, a 7.9 percent increase compared to last July, and the highest total volume for July in OCC's history. OCC's year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume is 19,358,621, down 5.8 percent compared to 2018's record-breaking pace.
Options: Overall exchange-listed options volume reached 396,842,810 contracts in July, up 8.0 percent from 367,568,020 in 2018. Equity options volume reached a total of 357,634,292 contracts, a 7.3 percent increase from July 2018. This includes cleared ETF options volume of 128,752,294 contracts last month, a 2.0 percent increase compared to the July 2018 volume of 126,246,601 contracts. Index options volume was up 14.1 percent with 39,208,518 contracts in July, with a year-to-date average daily volume of 1,886,366 contracts.
Futures: Futures cleared by OCC reached 6,641,028 contracts in July, up 3.5 percent from July 2018. OCC's year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume is 304,897 contracts, 28.8 percent lower than 2018.
Securities Lending: OCC's securities lending CCP activity was up 10.5 percent in new loans from July 2018 with 114,818 transactions last month. Year-to-date stock loan activity has decreased 2.1 percent from 2018 with 788,568 new loan transactions in 2019. The average daily loan value at OCC in July was $73,050,633,613, a decrease of 14.0 percent compared to last July.
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July 2019 Total Contract Volume |
July 2018 Total Contract Volume |
July Total Contract % Change vs. 2018 |
YTD Avg. Daily Contract 2019 |
YTD Avg. Daily Contract 2018 |
2019 Avg. Daily Contract % Change vs. 2018 |
|
| Equity Options |
357,634,292 |
333,216,875 |
7.3% |
17,167,358 |
17,896,665 |
-4.1% |
| ETF Options |
128,752,294 |
126,246,601 |
2.0% |
6,843,529 |
7,788,522 |
-12.1% |
| Index Options |
39,208,518 |
34,351,145 |
14.1% |
1,886,366 |
2,226,710 |
-15.3% |
| Total Options |
396,842,810 |
367,568,020 |
8.0% |
19,053,724 |
20,123,375 |
-5.3% |
| Total Futures |
6,641,028 |
6,416,979 |
3.5% |
304,897 |
428,430 |
-28.8% |
| Total Volume |
403,483,838 |
373,984,999 |
7.9% |
19,358,621 |
20,551,805 |
-5.8% |