OCC announced today that total cleared contract volume in February reached 325,237,351 contracts, representing an 8 percent decrease from the February 2012 volume of 351,702,360 contracts. OCC’s year-to-date cleared contract volume is up 0.19 percent from 2012 with 690,265,229 contracts.
Options: Exchange-listed options trading volume reached 320,943,312 contracts in February, an 8 percent decrease from February 2012. Average daily options trading volume for the month was 16,891,753 contracts, 3 percent lower than February 2012. Year-to-date options trading volume is down 0.42 percent from 2012 with 682,014,933 contracts.
Futures: OCC cleared 4,294,039 futures contracts in February, a 92 percent increase from February 2012. Equity futures volume was up 219 percent from February 2012 with 755,732 contracts. Index and other futures volume came in at 3,538,307 contracts, a 77 percent increase from the previous February. OCC’s year-to-date cleared futures volume is up 103 percent with 8,250,296 contracts in 2013.
Securities Lending: OCC's securities lending CCP activities saw a 31 percent increase in new loans over February 2012 with 90,316 transactions last month. Year-to-date stock loan activity is up 44 percent from 2012 with 190,890 new loan transactions in 2013. The average daily loan value at OCC in February was $51,695,200,066.
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Feb 2013 Total Contract Volume |
Feb 2012 Total Contract Volume |
Total Contract % Change vs. 2012 |
YTD. Avg. Daily Contract 2013 |
YTD. Avg. Daily Contract 2012 |
Avg. Daily Contract % Change vs. 2012 |
Equity Options |
292,572,720 |
323,293,320 |
-9.50% |
15,495,957 |
15,916,408 |
-2.64% |
Index Options |
28,370,492 |
26,169,848 |
8.41% |
1,554,413 |
1,205,171 |
28.98% |
Debt Options |
100 |
0 |
n/a |
3 |
0 |
n/a |
Total Options |
320,943,312 |
349,463,168 |
-8.16% |
17,050,374 |
17,121,579 |
-0.42% |
Equity Futures |
755,732 |
237,197 |
218.61% |
32,337 |
13,475 |
139.98% |
Index / |
3,538,307 |
2,001,995 |
76.74% |
173,921 |
88,078 |
97.46% |
Total Futures |
4,294,039 |
2,239,192 |
91.77% |
206,257 |
101,553 |
103.10% |
Total Volume |
325,237,351 |
351,702,360 |
-7.52% |
17,256,631 |
17,223,132 |
0.19% |