CORRECTING and REPLACING OCC Cleared Contract Volume Down 18 Percent in July

Securities Lending CCP Activity Up 24 Percent in July and 41 Percent Year-to-Date

CORRECTION...by OCC

CHICAGO--()--Third paragraph, second sentence of release should read: This includes cleared ETF options volume of 122,362,162 contracts last month, an 11 percent decrease over July 2015 volume of 137,697,836 contracts (instead of This includes cleared ETF options volume of 122,362,162 contracts last month, an 11 percent decrease over June 2015 volume of 137,697,836 contracts).

The corrected release reads: 

OCC CLEARED CONTRACT VOLUME DOWN 18 PERCENT IN JULY

Securities Lending CCP Activity Up 24 Percent in July and 41 Percent Year-to-Date

OCC, the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that cleared contract volume in July was 317,045,566 contracts, down 18 percent from July 2015 volume of 385,404,937 contracts. OCC’s year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume is up three percent with 16,687,086 contracts in 2016.

Options: Exchange-listed options volume reached 308,897,552 contracts in July, a 19 percent decrease from July 2015 volume of 379,194,963 contracts. Year-to-date average daily options volume is up two percent from 2015 with 16,297,482 contracts in 2016.

Equity options volume in July was 274,773,760 contracts, a 19 percent decrease from July 2015. This includes cleared ETF options volume of 122,362,162 contracts last month, an 11 percent decrease over July 2015 volume of 137,697,836 contracts. Index options volume in July was down 13 percent with 34,123,792 contracts.

Futures: OCC cleared futures volume in July reached 8,148,014 contracts, a 31 percent increase from the July 2015 volume of 6,209,974 contracts. OCC’s year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume is up 64 percent from 2015 with 389,604 contracts in 2016.

Securities Lending: OCC's securities lending CCP activity in July 2016 was up 24 percent in new loans from July 2015 with 143,994 transactions. Year-to-date stock loan activity is up 41 percent from 2015 with 1,092,472 new loan transactions in 2016. The average daily loan value cleared by OCC in July was $149,043,508,193.

For 2016 monthly exchange market share information, click here.

 
OCC CLEARED CONTRACT VOLUME JULY 2016
      July 2016       July 2015       July Total       YTD. Avg.       YTD. Avg.       Avg.
Total Total Contract Daily Daily Daily Contract
Contract Contract % Change Contract Contract % Change vs.
        Volume       Volume       vs. 2015       2016       2015       2015
Equity Options       274,773,760       340,149,220       -19.2%       14,540,751       14,510,111       0.21%
Index Options       34,123,792       39,045,743       -12.6%       1,756,731       1,505,137       16.7%
Total Options       308,897,552       379,194,963       -18.5%       16,297,482       16,015,248       1.76%
Total Futures       8,148,014       6,209,974       31.2%       389,604       237,723       63.9%
Total Volume       317,045,566       385,404,937       -17.7%       16,687,086       16,252,971       2.67%
 

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 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 announced that cleared contract volume in July was 317,045,566 contracts, down 18 percent from July 2015, with securities lending CCP activity up 24 percent in July and 41 percent year-to-date.

Contacts

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