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OneChicago Announces April 2014 Trading Volume - Average April Block Trade Size Was 426 (42,600 Share Equivalent) - Security Futures YTD Volume Outpacing 2013 By An Increase Of 21%

Date 01/05/2014

OneChicago, LLC (OCX), an equity finance exchange, today announced its April 2014 volume of 556,385 and -2% decrease year-over-year. OneChicago is a CFTC and SEC regulated exchange offering Single Stock Futures (SSF), a Delta One product, on approximately 1,500 equities, including ADRs and ETFs.

April 2014 highlights include:

  • Open interest stood at 521,685 contracts on the equity finance exchange at close-of-market, April 30, 2014.
  • 540,624 Exchange Futures for Physicals (EFPs) and blocks were traded. April 2014 EFPs and blocks activity represented $2.9 billion in notional value.
  • 46% of April 2014 month-end open interest was in OCX.NoDivRisk™ products. The OCX.NoDivRisk product suite is an innovative equity finance tool, which removes dividend risk for customers carrying equity delta exposure through derivatives.

Month End Volume and Open Interest – Summary

For 04/2014

Type

04/2014 Avg Daily Volume

04/2014 Total Volume

Previous Year Monthly Volume

% Change

YTD Total Volume

Month End Open Interest

ETF

10,540

221,347

210,332

5%

889,036

69,395

SSF

15,954

335,038

357,565

-6%

2,277,516

452,290

Exchange Total

26,495

556,385

567,897

-2%

3,166,552

521,685