OCC May 2022 Total Volume Up 19.7% Year-Over-Year, Highest May on Record

June 02, 2022

Chicago -

OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that year-to-date average daily volume through May 2022 was 41.7 million contracts, up 6.0 percent compared to year-to-date average daily volume through May 2021. Total volume was 866.5 million contracts, up 19.7 percent compared to May 2021.

Highlights

ETF options cleared contract volume up 64.1% year-over-year
Index options cleared contract volume up 49.4% year-over-year
Stock Loan transaction volume up 38.6% year-over-year

Contract Volume

	May 2022 Contracts	May 2021 Contracts	% Change	2022 YTD ADV	2021 YTD ADV	% Change
Equity Options	455,273,770	467,346,270	-2.6%	23,357,272	26,429,708	-11.6%
ETF Options	345,400,938	210,490,322	64.1%	15,611,054	10,778,874	44.8%
Index Options	60,569,234	40,532,401	49.4%	2,511,169	1,910,671	31.4%
Total Options	861,243,942	718,368,993	19.9%	41,479,495	39,119,253	6.0%
Futures	5,236,379	5,372,763	-2.5%	247,462	248,281	-0.3%
Total Volume	866,480,321	723,741,756	19.7%	41,726,957	39,367,534	6.0%

Securities Lending

	May 2022 Avg. Daily Loan Value	May 2021 Avg. Daily Loan Value	% Change	May 2022 Total Transactions	May 2021 Total Transactions	% Change
Market Loan + Hedge Total	127,290,145,307	120,040,684,754	6.0%	203,316	146,703	38.6%

Additional Data

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.