The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) reported an 18.3% year-over-year (YoY) increase in cleared futures and options for August, reaching a total of 1,262,387,105 contracts.
Equity options led the growth, surging 30.3% YoY to 724,972,293 contracts. Index options also posted notable gains, with volumes rising 6.9% YoY to 104,711,645 contracts. ETF options followed suit, growing by 5.5% YoY to 428,124,265 contracts for the month.
In contrast, futures contracts experienced a sharp decline, plummeting 34.5% YoY to 4,578,902 contracts in August.
Contract Volume
| August 2025 Contracts | August 2024 Contracts | % Change | 2025 YTD ADV | 2024 YTD ADV | % Change | |
| Equity Options | 724,972,293 | 556,423,988 | 30.3% | 31,189,516 | 25,074,426 | 24.4% |
| ETF Options | 428,124,265 | 405,962,113 | 5.5% | 21,549,799 | 18,124,492 | 18.9% |
| Index Options | 104,711,645 | 97,974,018 | 6.9% | 4,758,060 | 4,163,561 | 14.3% |
| Total Options | 1,257,808,203 | 1,060,360,119 | 18.6% | 57,497,376 | 47,362,479 | 21.4% |
| Futures | 4,578,902 | 6,986,494 | -34.5% | 223,646 | 251,604 | -11.1% |
| Total Volume | 1,262,387,105 | 1,067,346,613 | 18.3% | 57,721,022 | 47,614,083 | 21.2% |
Securities Lending
| August 2025 Avg. Daily Loan Value | August 2024 Avg. Daily Loan Value | % Change | August 2025 Total Transactions | August 2024 Total Transactions | % Change | |
| Market Loan + Hedge Total | 182,124,434,542 | 168,267,013,730 | 8.2% | 329,875 | 262,633 | 25.60% |
