OneChicago Marks Record Year With December 2014 Trading Volume - Exchange Posts Second Consecutive Record Year As Total Volume Tops 10.9 Million - Average December Block Trade Size Was 394 (39,400 Share Equivalent)

OneChicago, LLC (OCX), an equity finance exchange, today announced its December 2014 volume of 1,087,256, a decrease of 7% year-over-year. Continuing its growth momentum from the previous year, 2014 marked the first year volume exceeded 10 million contracts. 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.

2014 highlights include:

• Introduction of OCX.Weekly Futures with next-day settlement
• Reduction in execution fees by 75% for the OCX.NoDivRisk product suite
• Launch of new trading platform, OCXdelta1
• Debut of the new multicast market data feed OCTP with EFP prices and implied interest rates 
• December 2014 highlights include: 

• Year-to-date volume through December 31, 2014, was 10,907,977 up 15% compared to 2013.
• Open interest increased 32% year-over-year to 646,059 contracts on the equity finance exchange at close-of-market, December 31, 2014.
• 1,077,599 blocks and EFPs were traded on OCXdelta1. December 2014 EFP and block activity represented $5.9 billion in notional value.
• 58% of December 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.