OCC announced that cleared contract volume in July was 385,404,937 contracts, up 7 percent from July 2014 volume of 360,585,699 contracts.? This is the highest July volume on record.
OCC’s year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume is down 4 percent from 2014 with 16,252,971 contracts in 2015.
Options: Exchange-listed options volume reached 379,194,963 contracts in July, a 7 percent increase from July 2014 volume of 355,432,350 contracts.Year-to-date average daily options volume is down 4 percent from 2014 with 16,015,248 contracts in 2015.
Equity options volume in July was 340,149,220 contracts, a 6 percent increase from July 2014. Index options volume in July was up 18 percent from July 2014 with 39,045,743 contracts.
Futures: OCC cleared futures volume in July reached 6,209,974 contracts, a 21 percent increase from the July 2014 volume of 5,153,349 contracts. OCC’s year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume is down 11 percent from 2014 with 237,723 contracts in 2015.
