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OneChicago Announces February Security Futures Volume Rise 219% From February 2012

Date 02/03/2013

  • OneChicago’s volume continues to grow…..second best February in Exchange history
  • Volume soars as managed futures community diversifies holding using single stock futures

OneChicago, LLC (OCX), an equity finance exchange, today announced February 2013 volume of 755,732.

February 2013 highlights include: 

 

  • Open interest stood at 703,831 contracts on the equity finance exchange at the end of February 2013, up 79% from February 2012.

 

  • 730,939 Exchange Futures for Physicals (EFPs) and blocks were traded. February 2013 EFPs and blocks activity represented $3.0 billion in notional value.

 

  • 55% of February 2013 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.

 

 

Month End Volume and Open Interest – Summary

For 02/2013

Type

02/2013 Avg Daily Volume

02/2013 Total Volume

Previous Year Monthly Volume

% Change

YTD Total Volume

Month End Open Interest

ETF

11,449

217,532

2,261

9521%

424,686

120,510

SSF

28,326

538,200

234,936

129%

868,785

583,321

Exchange Total

39,775

755,732

237,197

219%

1,293,471

703,831