OCC Cleared Contract Volume Increased 20 Percent in November

Securities lending activity up 35 percent in November and 38 percent year-to-date

Highest November ever for options volume and third highest month ever for cleared futures volume

CHICAGO--()--OCC, the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that cleared contract volume in November was up 20 percent from November 2015 with 393,515,089 contracts, making it the highest November ever for options volume on record. Average daily volume at OCC is down one percent in 2016 with 16,582,994 contracts. OCC cleared futures volume was up 109 percent in November with 10,313,172 contracts, making it the third highest month ever for cleared futures volume at OCC. OCC’s stock loan program reported strong volume numbers up 35 percent in November and year-to-date activity up 38 percent from 2015.

Options: Exchange-listed options volume reached 383,201,917 contracts in November, a 19 percent increase from last November. Year-to-date average daily options volume is down two percent from 2015 with 16,172,011 contracts.

Equity options volume last month was 339,977,187 contracts, a 16 percent increase from November 2015. This includes cleared ETF options volume of 163,480,195 contracts last month, an increase of 55 percent from November 2015 volume of 105,817,976 contracts. Index options volume in November was up 47 percent with 43,224,730 contracts.

Futures: Cleared futures volume at OCC in November was 10,313,172 contracts, a 109 percent increase from November 2015. OCC’s year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume is up 58 percent with 410,983 contracts.

Securities Lending: OCC's securities lending CCP activity in November was up 35 percent in new loans from last year with 160,540 transactions. Year-to-date stock loan activity is up 38 percent with 1,741,274 new loan transactions in 2016. The average daily loan value cleared by OCC in November was $145,066,479.966.

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OCC CLEARED CONTRACT VOLUME NOVEMBER 2016
   

Nov 2016

    Nov 2015     Nov Total     YTD. Avg.     YTD. Avg.     Avg.

Total

Total Contract % Daily Daily

Daily Contract

Contract

Contract Change vs. Contract Contract

% Change vs.

      Volume     Volume     2015     2016     2015     2015
Equity Options     339,977,187     293,853,931     15.7%     14,440,418     14,878,334     -2.94%
Index Options     43,224,730     29,481,735     46.6%     1,731,593     1,664,341     4.04%
Total Options     383,201,917     323,335,666     18.5%     16,172,011     16,542,674     -2.24%
Total Futures     10,313,172     4,937,264     109%     410,983     260,394     57.8%
Total Volume     393,515,089     328,272,930     19.9%     16,582,994     16,803,068     -1.31%
 

About OCC

OCC is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization. Founded in 1973, OCC operates under the jurisdiction of both the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a Registered Clearing Agency, and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a Derivatives Clearing Organization. Named 2016 Clearinghouse of the Year by Global Investor/ISF Magazine, OCC now provides central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 19 exchanges and trading platforms for options, financial futures, security futures, and securities lending transactions. More information about OCC is available at www.theocc.com.

Contacts

OCC
Angela Kotso
312-322-6267
akotso@theocc.com
or
Caroline Gillard
312-322-4529
cgillard@theocc.com

Release Summary

OCC announces cleared volume in November was up 20%, making it the highest November volume on record and the 3rd highest month ever for cleared futures volume.

Contacts

OCC
Angela Kotso
312-322-6267
akotso@theocc.com
or
Caroline Gillard
312-322-4529
cgillard@theocc.com