OneChicago Announces Trading Volume for February 2015

- Average February Block Trade Size was 385 (38,500 share equivalent)

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OneChicago, LLC

Mar 02, 2015, 03:45 ET

CHICAGO, March 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- OneChicago, LLC (OCX), an equity finance exchange, today announced its February 2015 volume of 837,327, an increase of 14% year-over-year. OneChicago is a CFTC and SEC regulated exchange offering Single Stock Futures (SSF), a Delta One product, on approximately 1,500 equities, including ADRs and ETFs.   

February 2015 highlights include:

  • Year-to-date volume through February 28, 2015, was 1,384,269, up 3% compared to 2014.
  • Open interest decreased 10% year-over-year to 577,578 contracts on the equity finance exchange at close-of-market, February 27, 2015.
  • 834,503 blocks and EFPs were traded on OCXdelta1. February 2015 EFP and block activity represented $4.1 billion in notional value.
  • 43% of February 2015 month-end open interest was in OCX.NoDivRisk™ products. The OCX.NoDivRisk product suite is an innovative equity finance tool that removes dividend risk for customers carrying synthetic equity delta exposure.

Month End Volume and Open Interest - Summary

For 02/2015

Type

02/2015 Avg Daily Volume

02/2015 Total Volume

Previous Year Monthly Volume

% Change

YTD Total Volume

Month End Open Interest

ETF

5,492

104,352

254,576

-59%

230,418

66,607

SSF

38,578

732,975

480,638

53%

1,153,851

510,971

Exchange Total

44,070

837,327

735,214

14%

1,384,269

577,578

ABOUT ONECHICAGO

OneChicago (OCX) is the only US equity finance exchange for trading single stock futures and the related EFP. Regulated by the SEC and CFTC, OCX lists approximately 2,800 products, including ADRs, ETFs and OCX.NoDivRisk™ contracts, which include the OCX.Weekly. Contracts are cleared through the centralized counterparty, "AA+"-rated OCC. Security futures, a Delta One product, are utilized for synthetic equity strategies including equity swaps, equity repos and stock loan/borrow transactions. The OneChicago OCX.NoDivRisk, Exchange Futures for Physical transaction is economically equivalent to a Securities Lending Transaction.

OCX.NoDivRisk contracts are single stock futures with dividends removed from the pricing as the future's price is adjusted down by the value of the dividend on Ex-date. For more information, please visit our Website at: http://www.OneChicago.com or contact us at 312-424-8520.

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