The Options Clearing Corporation Announces Options Trading Volume Surpasses Last Year's Annual Record

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) announced on October 25 that the total number of options traded for the year reached 1,184,267,123 contracts yesterday, passing the annual volume record set last year of 1,182,040,096 contracts. This also represents a 26.3% increase over the same point last year.

This milestone comes with more than two months remaining for trading this year, and was achieved within the same month that now posts five of the top 10 record high volume days.