OCC January 2022 Total Volume Becomes Highest January on Record

Year-to-date cleared contract volume through end of January up 6.4 percent year-over-year

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that average daily volume for January 2022 was 44.9 million contracts, up 1.1 percent compared to January 2021. Total volume was 897.6 million contracts, up 6.4 percent compared to January 2021.

Highlights

• Total cleared contracts (897.6 million) highest on record for month of January
• Single-day total volume records broken twice on two consecutive trading days:
  • Friday, January 21: 63.5 million
  • Monday, January 24: 63.7 million
• Stock Loan transaction volume up 57.6% year-over-year

Contract Volume

	Jan. 2022 Contracts	Jan. 2021 Contracts	% Change	2022 YTD ADV	2021 YTD ADV	% Change
Equity Options	527,485,192	583,409,206	-9.6%	26,374,260	30,705,748	-14.1%
ETF Options	312,337,990	216,820,145	44.1%	15,616,900	11,411,587	36.9%
Index Options	51,617,316	38,110,439	35.4%	2,580,866	2,005,813	28.7%
Total Options	891,440,498	838,339,790	6.3%	44,572,026	44,123,148	1.0%
Futures	6,117,218	5,202,500	17.6%	305,861	273,816	11.7%
Total Volume	897,557,716	843,542,290	6.4%	44,877,887	44,396,964	1.1%

Securities Lending

	Jan. 2022 Avg. Daily Loan Value	Jan. 2021 Avg. Daily Loan Value	% Change	Jan. 2022 Total Transactions	Jan. 2021 Total Transactions	% Change
Market Loan + Hedge Total	$132,125,002,110	$106,204,838,315	24.4%	177,228	112,448	57.6%

Additional Data

• Market share volume by exchange
• Open interest
• Historical volume statistics

About OCC

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) 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.

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