OCC announced today that total cleared contract volume in September reached 371,034,038 contracts, a 15 percent increase from the September 2013 volume of 321,604,328 contracts. ?OCC?s average daily cleared volume for the month was 17,668,288 contracts, a 10 percent increase from September 2013. OCC?s year-to-date total cleared contract volume is up 2 percent in the first three quarters of 2014 with 3,174,169,243 contracts.
Options: Exchange-listed options volume reached 365,917,341 contracts in September, a 16 percent increase from September 2013. Year-to-date average daily options trading volume is 16,620,193 contracts, 2 percent higher than 2013. Year-to-date total options volume is up 2 percent from 2013 with 3,124,596,298 contracts.
Futures: OCC cleared 5,116,697 futures contracts in September, a 10 percent decrease from September 2013. OCC?s year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume is up 11 percent from 2013 with 263,686 contracts. OCC’s year-to-date total cleared futures volume reached 49,572,945 contracts in the third quarter, an 11 percent increase from 2013.
Securities Lending: OCC’s securities lending CCP activity was up 16 percent in new loans from September 2013 with 101,800 transactions last month. Year-to-date stock loan activity is down 8 percent from 2013 with 887,740 new loan transactions in 2014. The average daily loan value at OCC in September was $156,863,064,081.