OCC Announces Cleared Contract Volume Declined 13% In February

OCC announced today that total cleared contract volume in February was 306,531,839 contracts, a 13 percent decrease from the February 2014 volume of 350,507,077 contracts. OCC's year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume is down 9 percent from 2014 with 17,049,163 contracts.

Options: Exchange-listed options volume reached 302,527,974 contracts in February, a 12 percent decrease from February 2014. Equity options volume for the month was 275,262,981 contracts, a 10 percent decrease from February 2014. Average daily options volume this year is down 8 percent from 2014 with 16,815,203 contracts.

Futures: OCC cleared futures volume in February was 4,003,865 contracts, a 28 percent decrease from February 2014. Equity futures volume at OCC last month was 837,327 contracts, up 14 percent from February 2014. OCC’s year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume is down 18 percent from 2014 with 233,960 contracts. 

Securities Lending: OCC's securities lending CCP activity was down 9 percent in new loans from February 2014 with 97,356 transactions last month. Year-to-date stock loan activity is up 4 percent from 2014 with 203,122 new loan transactions in 2015. The average daily loan value cleared by OCC in February was $165,142,278,709.