Mar. 22, 2024
Comment Letters
Mar. 18, 2024
The Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC") appreciates the opportunity to submit these comments to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) on the above-referenced proposal (“Proposal” or “Proposed Rules”) under the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”). In relevant part, the Proposal would require, among other things, (i) that funds of the clearing members of a derivatives clearing organization (“DCO”) be segregated from the DCO’s own funds and held in a depository that acknowledges, in writing, that the funds belong to clearing members, not the DCO; (ii) that clearing...
Mar. 13, 2024
Throughout February, OCC’s Employee Network Group, Black Organization for Leadership and Development (BOLD), proudly celebrated Black History Month by hosting events and starting conversations about milestones in Black history that enacted change in the lives of all Americans. This year BOLD celebrated the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, a groundbreaking 1954 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, which declared that state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional. BOLD created a presentation detailing the complex history of this landmark...
Mar. 04, 2024
Contract Volume February 2024 Contracts February 2023 Contracts % Change 2024 YTD ADV 2023 YTD ADV % Change Equity Options 521,543,021 470,542,719 10.8% 24,952,116 24,639,186 1.3% ETF Options 367,236,348 345,614,206 6.3% 18,480,589 18,116,102 2.0% Index Options 82,813,400 67,077,830 23.5% 4,155,868 3,463,533 20.0% Total Options 971,592,769 883,234,755 10.0% 47,588,573 46,218,821 3.0% Futures 4,264,330 4,316,963 -1.2% 221,466 210,298 5.3% Total Volume 975,857,099 887,551,718 9.9% 47,810,039 46,429,119 3.0% Securities Lending February 2024 Avg. Daily Loan Value February 2023 Avg. Daily Loan...