OCC April 2022 Total Volume Becomes Highest April on Record, Up 9.4% Year-Over-Year

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that year-to-date average daily volume through April 2022 was 41.8 million contracts, up 4.2 percent compared to year-to-date average daily volume through April 2021. Total volume was 782.8 million contracts, up 9.4 percent compared to April 2021.

Highlights

• Total cleared contract volume (782.8 million) highest on record for month of April
• ETF options cleared contract volume up 55.4% year-over-year
• Stock Loan transaction volume up 33.9% year-over-year

Contract Volume

	Apr. 2022 Contracts	Apr. 2021 Contracts	% Change	2022 YTD ADV	2021 YTD ADV	% Change
Equity Options	436,975,760	484,787,253	-9.9%	23,786,893	27,176,633	-12.5%
ETF Options	294,430,211	189,417,683	55.4%	15,396,800	10,840,913	42.0%
Index Options	46,973,323	37,183,892	26.3%	2,415,624	1,882,391	28.3%
Total Options	778,379,294	711,388,828	9.4%	41,599,317	39,899,937	4.3%
Futures	4,372,707	4,217,582	3.7%	246,978	243,316	1.5%
Total Volume	782,752,001	715,606,410	9.4%	41,846,295	40,143,253	4.2%

Securities Lending

	Apr. 2022 Avg. Daily Loan Value	Apr. 2021 Avg. Daily Loan Value	% Change	Apr. 2022 Total Transactions	Apr. 2021 Total Transactions	% Change
Market Loan + Hedge Total	$134,242,717,203	$116,689,413,560	15.0%	189,502	141,482	33.9%

Additional Data

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

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.

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