--- title: OCC's January Volume Dips 11.9% description: The monthly volume remains the second highest for January for the clearinghouse. image: https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/market-volatility-boosts-options-volume-May-12-2022-09-30-09-99-AM.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/occs-january-volume-dips-11-9#popup-newsletter) #### Want the latest news on securities markets -- FREE? 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This was down 11.9 percent compared to last January. OCC’s year-to-date average daily contract volume is 20,124,330 contracts, 3.6 percent lower than 2018’s record-breaking average of 20,884,820 contracts a day. **Options:** Overall [exchange-listed options](https://www.theocc.com/webapps/daily-volume-statistics) volume reached 416,274,951 contracts in January, down 11.0 percent from 467,904,767 in 2018. [Equity options](https://www.theocc.com/webapps/monthly-volume-reports?reportClass=equity) volume reached a total of 375,222,959 contracts, an 8.8 percent decrease from January 2018. This includes cleared [ETF options](https://www.theocc.com/webapps/monthly-volume-reports) volume of 157,950,235 contracts last month, also an 8.8 percent decrease compared to January 2018 volume of 173,248,941 contracts. [Index options](https://www.theocc.com/webapps/monthly-volume-reports?reportClass=index) volume was down 27.0 percent with 41,051,992 contracts in January, with an average daily volume of 1,954,857 contracts. **Futures**: OCC cleared 6,335,989 futures contracts in January, down 46.8 percent from January 2018. OCC’s average daily cleared futures volume last month was 301,714 contracts. **Securities Lending:**  OCC's [securities lending CCP activity](https://www.theocc.com/clearing/clearing-services/stock-loan.jsp) was down 1.5 percent in new loans from January 2018 with 114,940 transactions last month. The average daily loan value at OCC in January 2019 was $68,889,730,936. There were 116,741 new transactions in January 2018, with OCC stock loan activity registering 1,374,319 new loan transactions for all of 2018. For 2019 monthly exchange market share information, click [here.](http://www.theocc.com/webapps/exchange-volume) | | January 2019 Total Contract Volume | Januart 2018 Total Contract Volume | January Total Contract % Change vs. 2018 | YTD Avg. Daily Contract 2019 | YTD Avg. Daily Contract 2018 | YTD Avg. Daily Contract % Change vs. YTD 2018 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Equity Options | 375,222,959 | 411,650,134 | -8.8% | 17,867,760 | 19,602,387 | -8.8% | | ETF Options | 157,950,235 | 173,248,941 | -27.0% | 7,521,440 | 8,249,950 | -8.8% | | Index Options | 41,051,992 | 56,254,633 | -27.0.0% | 1,954,857 | 2,678,792 | -27.0% | | Total Options | 416,274,951 | 467,904,767 | -11.0% | 19,822,617 | 22,281,179 | -11.0% | | Total Futures | 6,335,989 | 11,907,702 | -46.8% | 301,714 | 567,033 | -46.8% | | Total Volume | 422,610,940 | 479,812,469 | -11.9% | 20,124,330 | 22,848,213 | -11.9% | [Share](https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/occs-january-volume-dips-11-9) [Tweet](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=US+ETFs+Have+Record+Net+Inflows&url=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/occs-january-volume-dips-11-9) [Share](https://www.linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/occs-january-volume-dips-11-9) ![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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