OCC October 2022 Total Volume Up 10.2% Year-Over-Year, Fifth 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 October 2022 was 41.1 million contracts, up 5.6 percent compared to year-to-date average daily volume through October 2021. Total volume was 910.0 million contracts, up 10.2 percent compared to October 2021 and the fifth highest month in OCC’s history.

Highlights

• ETF options cleared contract volume up 57.4% year-over-year
• Index options cleared contract volume up 74.0% year-over-year
• Stock Loan transaction volume up 11.6% year-over-year

Contract Volume

	October 2022 Contracts	October 2021 Contracts	% Change	2022 YTD ADV	2021 YTD ADV	% Change
Equity Options	463,207,318	544,608,976	-14.9%	22,228,728	26,253,052	-15.3%
ETF Options	366,441,198	232,816,391	57.4%	15,821,900	10,465,137	51.2%
Index Options	76,013,263	43,676,635	74.0%	2,793,522	1,944,207	43.7%
Total Options	905,661,779	821,102,002	10.3%	40,844,150	38,662,396	5.6%
Futures	4,325,712	4,470,625	-3.2%	226,135	230,718	-2.0%
Total Volume	909,987,491	825,572,627	10.2%	41,070,285	38,893,114	5.6%

Securities Lending

	October 2022 Avg. Daily Loan Value	October 2021 Avg. Daily Loan Value	% Change	October 2022 Total Transactions	October 2021 Total Transactions	% Change
Market Loan + Hedge Total	115,632,240,434	130,863,324,895	-11.64%	184,795	165,581	11.6%

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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