OCC April 2020 Total Volume Up 42.9 Percent from a Year Ago

 

CHICAGO (May 1, 2020) – OCC, the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that April 2020 total cleared contract volume was 551,538,080 contracts, up 42.9 percent from April  2019. OCC’s year-to-date average daily total cleared contract volume is 27,865,203 contracts.

Options: Total exchange-listed options cleared contract volume was  548,883,225, up 44.3 percent from 380,420,404 in April 2019. Equity options volume was 515,812,617 contracts, up 49.6 percent from April 2019. This includes ETF option cleared contract volume of 238,710,718, a 91.9 percent increase compared to April 2019. Index options volume was 33,070,608, a seven percent decrease from April 2019.

Futures: Futures cleared contract volume was 2,654,855, a 52.1 percent decrease from April 2019.  OCC’s year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume is 325,834 contracts.

Securities Lending: The average daily loan value at OCC in April 2020 was $72,649,346,808 a 4.02 percent increase compared to April 2019. Securities lending CCP activity increased by 2.51 percent in new loans from April 2019 with 111,877 transactions last month.

For 2020 monthly exchange market share information, click here.

 

 

	April 2020 Total Contract Volume	April 2019 Total Contract Volume	April Total Contract % Change vs 2019	YTD Avg Daily Contract 2020	YTD Avg Daily Contract 2019	% Change vs 2019
Equity Options	515,812,617	344,847,772	49.6%	25,136,665	17,098,135	47.0%
Index Options	33,070,608	35,572,632	-7.0%	2,402,704	1,818,555	32.1%
Total Options	548,883,225	380,420,404	44.3%	27,539,369	18,916,690	45.6%
Futures	2,654,855	5,542,302	-52.1%	325,834	283,660	14.9%
Total Volume	551,538,080	385,962,706	42.9%	27,865,203	19,200,350	45.1%