OCC announced? that cleared contract volume in October was 367,647,983 contracts.? This is off 26 percent from the October 2014 monthly volume of 499,598,951 contracts.
Options: Exchange-listed options volume reached 362,142,042 contracts in October, a 26 percent decrease from October 2014. Year-to-date average daily options volume is down 3 percent from 2014 with 16,578,474 contracts.
Equity options volume last month was 324,118,226 contracts, a 26 percent decrease from October 2014. Index options volume in October was down 30 percent with 38,023,816 contracts.
Futures:?Cleared futures volume at OCC in October was 5,505,941 contracts, a 33 percent decrease from October 2014. OCC’s year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume is down 4 percent with 261,682 contracts.
