--- title: OCC Cleared Contract Volume Down 13 Percent in October description: OCC Cleared Contract Volume Down 13 Percent in October --- ![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/occ-cleared-contract-volume-13-percent-october#popup-newsletter) #### Want the latest news on securities markets -- FREE? 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Average daily volume at OCC is down three percent year-to-date in 2016 with 16,367,412 contracts. OCC’s stock loan program reported that securities lending activity was up 33 percent in October and 38 percent year-to-date. **Options:** Exchange-listed options volume reached 309,614,715 contracts in October, a 15 percent decrease from October 2015. Year-to-date average daily options volume is down four percent from 2015 with 15,964,442 contracts. Equity options volume last month was 279,141,501 contracts, a 14 percent decrease from October 2015. This includes cleared [ETF options volume](http://www.theocc.com/webapps/monthly-volume-reports?reportClass=etf) of 120,263,018 contracts last month, down ten percent from October 2015 volume of 133,212,801 contracts. Index options volume in October was down 20 percent from a year ago with 30,473,214 contracts.   **Futures:** Cleared futures volume at OCC in October was 8,824,776 contracts, a 60 percent increase from October 2015. OCC’s year-to-date average daily cleared futures volume is up 54 percent with 402,970 contracts.   **Securities Lending:** OCC’s [securities lending CCP](http://www.theocc.com/clearing/clearing-services/stock-loan.jsp) activity in October 2016 was up 33 percent in new loans from October 2015 with 159,004 transactions last month. Year-to-date stock loan activity is up 38 percent from 2015 with 1,580,734 new loan transactions in 2016. The average daily loan value cleared by OCC in October was $151,015,758,806.   **For 2016 monthly exchange market share information, click [here](http://www.theocc.com/webapps/exchange-volume).**   | **OCC CLEARED CONTRACT VOLUME OCTOBER 2016** | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | |   | **October 2016 Total Contract Volume** | **October 2015 Total Contract Volume** | **October Total Contract % Change vs. 2015** | **YTD. Avg. Daily Contract 2016** | **YTD. Avg. Daily Contract 2015** | **Avg. Daily Contract % Change vs. 2015** | | **Equity Options** | 279,141,501 | 324,118,226 | -13.9% | 14,265,521 | 14,896,014 | -4.23% | | **Index Options** | 30,473,214 | 38,023,816 | -19.9% | 1,698,921 | 1,682,460 | 0.98% | | **Total Options** | 309,614,715 | 362,142,042 | -14.5% | 15,964,442 | 16,578,474 | -3.70% | | **Total Futures** | 8,824,776 | 5,505,941 | 60.3% | 402,970 | 261,682 | 54.0% | | **Total Volume** | 318,439,491 | 367,647,983 | -13.4% | 16,367,412 | 16,840,156 | -2.81% | [Share](https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/occ-cleared-contract-volume-13-percent-october) [Tweet](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=US+ETFs+Have+Record+Net+Inflows&url=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/occ-cleared-contract-volume-13-percent-october) [Share](https://www.linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/occ-cleared-contract-volume-13-percent-october) ![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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