OCC February 2022 Total Volume Down 2.6% Year-Over-Year

March 02, 2022

Chicago -

OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that year-to-date average daily volume through February 2022 was 43.7 million contracts, down 0.7 percent compared to year-to-date average daily volume through February 2021. Total volume was 807.3 million contracts, down 2.6 percent compared to February 2021.

Highlights

Total ETF options volume up 43.6% year-over-year
Total Index options volume up 23.4% year-over-year
Stock Loan transaction volume up 53% year-over-year

Contract Volume

	Feb. 2022 Contracts	Feb. 2021 Contracts	% Change	2022 YTD ADV	2021 YTD ADV	% Change
Equity Options	449,210,935	572,420,511	-21.5%	25,043,490	30,416,572	-17.7%
ETF Options	306,909,480	213,675,234	43.6%	15,878,140	11,328,826	40.2%
Index Options	46,040,621	37,317,082	23.4%	2,504,050	1,984,935	26.2%
Total Options	802,161,036	823,412,827	-2.6%	43,425,680	43,730,333	-0.7%
Futures	5,180,038	5,145,603	0.7%	289,673	272,319	6.4%
Total Volume	807,341,074	828,558,430	-2.6%	43,715,353	44,002,652	-0.7%

Securities Lending

	Feb. 2022 Avg. Daily Loan Value	Feb. 2021 Avg. Daily Loan Value	% Change	Feb. 2022 Total Transactions	Feb. 2021 Total Transactions	% Change
Market Loan + Hedge Total	$134,062,056,009	$115,720,498,494	15.8%	176,043	115,069	53.0%

Additional Data

Media Contact:

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About OCC

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC), named Risk Magazine’s 2022 Clearing House of the Year, is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization. Founded in 1973, OCC is dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity by delivering clearing and settlement services for options, futures and securities lending transactions. As a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility (SIFMU), OCC operates under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. OCC has more than 100 clearing members and provides central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 19 exchanges and trading platforms. More information about OCC is available at www.theocc.com.