--- title: February Options Volumes Drop 26% description: Last Feb. was fifth-highest volume month in OCC history. image: https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/iStock-1027015776-1.jpg --- ![websites-group](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/new-MMG-01.svg) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-new-marketsmedia-logo.svg)](https://www.marketsmedia.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-traders-redlogo.svg)](https://www.tradersmagazine.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-bestexe-logo.svg)](https://www.bestexecution.net/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-fidesk-logo.svg)](https://www.fixglobal.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-fixglobal-new-logo.svg)](https://www.fixglobal.com/) - [*Facebook*](https://www.facebook.com/MarketsMedia/) - [*Twitter*](https://twitter.com/marketsmedia) - [*Linkedin*](https://www.linkedin.com/company/markets-media-llc) - [Newsletter](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/february-options-volumes-drop-26#popup-newsletter) #### Want the latest news on securities markets -- FREE? 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This was a decline of 25.9 percent compared to last February, which was the fifth-highest volume month in OCC’s history. OCC’s year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume is 19,415,614, down 18.9 percent compared to 2018’s record-breaking pace.   **Options:** Overall [exchange-listed options](https://www.theocc.com/webapps/daily-volume-statistics) volume reached 349,117,021 contracts in February, down 24.9 percent from 464,869,500 in 2018. [Equity options](https://www.theocc.com/webapps/monthly-volume-reports?reportClass=equity) volume reached a total of 316,391,081 contracts, a 20.5 percent decrease from February 2018. This includes cleared [ETF options](https://www.theocc.com/webapps/monthly-volume-reports) volume of 119,258,683 contracts last month, a 39.9 percent decrease compared to February 2018 volume of 198,333,703 contracts. [Index options](https://www.theocc.com/webapps/monthly-volume-reports?reportClass=index) volume was down 51.1 percent with 32,725,940 contracts in February, with a year-to-date average daily volume of 1,844,448 contracts.   **Futures**: Futures cleared by OCC reached 4,896,583 contracts in February, down 61.5 percent from February 2018. OCC's year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume is 280,814 contracts, 54.4 percent less than 2018.   **Securities Lending:**  OCC's [securities lending CCP activity](https://www.theocc.com/clearing/clearing-services/stock-loan.jsp) was down 5.5 percent in new loans from February 2018 with 105,993 transactions last month. Year-to-date stock loan activity decreased 3.5 percent from 2018 with 220,933 new loan transactions in 2019. The average daily loan value at OCC in February was $69,881,482,507.62.   For 2019 monthly exchange market share information, click [here.](http://www.theocc.com/webapps/exchange-volume)   | | **February 2019 Total Contract Volume** | **February 2018 Total Contract Volume** | **February Total Contract % Change vs. 2018** | **YTD Avg. Daily Contract 2019** | **YTD Avg. Daily Contract 2018** | **2019 Avg. DailyContract % Change vs. 2018** | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **Equity Options** | 316,391,081 |   398,009,570 | -20.5% | 17,290,351 | 20,241,493 | -14.6% | | **ETF Options** | 119,258,683 | 198,333,703 | -39.9% | 6,930,223 | 9,289,566 | -25.4% | | **Index Options** | 32,725,940 | 66,859,930 | -51.1% | 1,844,448 | 3,077,864 | -40.1% | | **Total Options** | 349,117,021 | 464,869,500 | -24.9% | 19,134,799 | 23,319,357 | -17.9% | | **Total Futures** | 4,896,583 | 12,717,855 | -61.5% | 280,814 | 615,639 | -54.4% | | **Total Volume** | 354,013,604 | 477,587,355 | -25.9% | 19,415,614 | 23,934,996 | -18.9% |   [Share](https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/february-options-volumes-drop-26) [Tweet](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=US+ETFs+Have+Record+Net+Inflows&url=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/february-options-volumes-drop-26) [Share](https://www.linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/february-options-volumes-drop-26) ![email](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/Markets%20Media/email.svg) ### NEWSLETTER SIGN UP And receive exclusive articles on securities markets ### Related articles 1. 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