OCC August 2022 Total Volume Up 13.3% Year-Over-Year, Third Highest Month on Record

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that year-to-date average daily volume through August 2022 was 40.5 million contracts, up 4.2 percent compared to year-to-date average daily volume through August 2021. Total volume was 912.5 million contracts, up 13.3 percent compared to August 2021 and the third highest month in OCC’s history.

Highlights

• Total volume up 13.3% year-over-year, highest August on record
• ETF options cleared contract volume up 59.6% year-over-year
• Index options cleared contract volume up 58.7% year-over-year
• Stock Loan transaction volume up 20.4% year-over-year

Contract Volume

	August 2022 Contracts	August 2021 Contracts	% Change	2022 YTD ADV	2021 YTD ADV	% Change
Equity Options	526,792,586	562,434,867	-6.3%	22,364,296	26,464,412	-15.5%
ETF Options	318,311,847	199,457,005	59.6%	15,275,257	10,258,245	48.9%
Index Options	62,973,381	39,686,207	58.7%	2,602,978	1,887,402	37.9%
Total Options	908,077,814	801,578,079	13.3%	40,242,531	38,610,059	4.2%
Futures	4,432,982	4,135,096	7.2%	227,253	229,135	-0.8%
Total Volume	912,510,796	805,713,175	13.3%	40,469,784	38,839,194	4.2%

Securities Lending

	August 2022 Avg. Daily Loan Value	August 2021 Avg. Daily Loan Value	% Change	August 2022 Total Transactions	August 2021 Total Transactions	% Change
Market Loan + Hedge Total	120,498,304,822	126,230,820,638	-4.54%	204,760	170,026	20.4%

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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