OCC announced that cleared contract volume for the month was 376,392,187 contracts, a 17 percent increase from April 2012. OCC's year-to-date total contract volume is down half a percent from April 2012 with 1,383,287,827 contracts.
Options: Exchange-listed options trading volume reached 371,147,433 contracts in April, a 16 percent increase from April 2012 and the highest April volume level ever recorded. Average daily volume in April came in at 16,870,338 contracts, 6 percent more than the 15,982,030 contracts in April of last year. Year-to-date volume stood at 1,364,727,666 contracts, down 1 percent from the 1,380,749,815 contracts at the same point last year.
Futures: Futures cleared by OCC reached 5,244,754 contracts in April, up 123 percent from April 2012. OCC cleared an average of 238,398 futures contracts per day last month, a 103 percent increase from April 2012. OCC’s year-to-date cleared futures volume is up 87 percent with 18,560,161 contracts in 2013.
Securities Lending: OCC's securities lending CCP activities saw a 53 percent increase in new loans over April 2012 with 121,910 transactions last month. Year-to-date stock loan activity is up 38 percent from 2012 with 408,486 new loan transactions in 2013. The average daily loan value at OCC in March was $48,863,005,728.
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April 2013 Total Contract Volume |
April 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 |
337,754,380 |
295,433,916 |
14.32% |
15,080,973 |
15,609,045 |
-3.38% |
Index Options |
33,393,053 |
24,206,690 |
37.95% |
1,562,045 |
1,229,367 |
27.06% |
Debt Options |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2 |
0 |
n/a |
Total Options |
371,147,433 |
319,640,606 |
16.11% |
16,643,021 |
16,838,413 |
-1.16% |
Equity Futures |
567,897 |
228,685 |
148.33% |
31,874 |
17,753 |
79.54% |
Index / |
4,676,857 |
2,119,746 |
120.63% |
194,469 |
103,325 |
88.21% |
Total Futures |
5,244,754 |
2,348,431 |
123.33% |
226,343 |
121,079 |
86.94% |
Total Volume |
376,392,187 |
321,989,037 |
16.90% |
16,869,364 |
16,959,492 |
-0.53% |