OneChicago Announces August 2014 Trading Volume Increase Of 32% Year-Over-Year

• 2014 YTD volume surpasses 6.5 million as managed futures community diversifies holdings using single stock futures
• Average August block trade size was 541(54,100 share equivalent)

OneChicago, LLC (OCX), an equity finance exchange, today announced its August 2014 volume of 826,453, a 32% increase 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. 

August 2014 highlights include:

• Year-to-date volume through August 29 was 6,595,085 up 16% compared to the first eight months of 2013.
• Open interest increased 18% year-over-year to 736,331 contracts on the equity finance exchange at close-of-market, August 29, 2014.
• 811,925 Exchange Futures for Physicals (EFPs) and blocks were traded. August 2014 EFP and block activity represented $4.4 billion in notional value.
• 62% of August 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.