OCC Cleared Contract Volume Reached 4.6 Billion Contracts In 2011 For Record Year

OCC announced today that total cleared contract volume in 2011 reached 4,600,955,949 contracts, a 17 percent increase over the 2010 volume of 3,925,686,805 contracts. 2011 marked the ninth consecutive year of record volume for OCC and the first time cleared contract volume surpassed 4 billion contracts.

OCC ended the year with 322,408,712 cleared contracts in December, a 6 percent decrease from the December 2010 volume of 344,206,175 contracts.

Options: Exchange-listed options trading in December reached 320,324,954 contracts, down 6 percent from December 2010. Average daily options volume in 2011 was 18,106,144 million contracts, roughly 2.6 million contracts per day more than the daily average in 2010. OCC cleared 4,562,748,194 total options contracts in 2011, a 17 percent increase over 2010's annual cleared volume of 3,899,068,670 contracts.

Futures: Futures cleared by OCC reached 2,083,758 contracts in December, a 31 percent decline from December 2010. OCC cleared a daily average of 151,618 futures contracts in 2010, nearly 44 percent higher than 2010’s daily average. 2011 brought OCC futures clearing to its highest level to date with an annual total of 38,207,755 contracts.

Securities Lending: OCC's stock loan program, including OTC and AQS, saw new loan activity fall 35 percent compared to December 2010 with 45,133 new loan transactions in December 2011. Despite this decline, OCC’s annual securities lending activity was up 42 percent from 2010 with 743,730 new loan transactions in 2011. OCC's stock loan program ended the year with an average daily notional value of $19,098,549,509.