OneChicago Announces Trading Volume for March 2015

- Average March Block Trade Size was 350 (35,000 share equivalent)

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OneChicago, LLC

Apr 01, 2015, 02:11 ET

CHICAGO, April 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- OneChicago, LLC (OCX), an equity finance exchange, today announced its March 2015 volume of 869,981, a decrease of 31% 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.   

March 2015 highlights include:

  • Year-to-date volume through March 31, 2015, was 2,254,250, down 14% compared to 2014.
  • Open interest increased 9% year-over-year to 625,415 contracts on the equity finance exchange at close-of-market, March 31, 2015.
  • 863,855 blocks and EFPs were traded on OCXdelta1.
  • 56% of March 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 03/2015

Type

03/2015 Avg Daily Volume

03/2015 Total Volume

Previous Year Monthly Volume

% Change

YTD Total Volume

Month End Open Interest

ETF

11,421

251,258

255,425

-2%

481,676

77,472

SSF

28,124

618,723

1,005,915

-38%

1,772,574

547,943

Exchange Total

39,545

869,981

1,261,340

-31%

2,254,250

625,415

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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