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The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)
About The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization. Founded in 1973, OCC is dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity by delivering clearing and settlement services for options, futures and securities lending transactions. As a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility (SIFMU), OCC operates under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. OCC has more than 100 clearing members and provides central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 21 exchanges and trading platforms. More information about OCC is available at www.theocc.com.
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Signals from The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)
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People
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) appointed Jake Middleton as Chief Security Officer.
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Presence & Recognition
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) held its annual Employee Network Group Open House in Chicago last week, allowing interested colleagues to meet with ENG leaders and sign up to get involved.
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Presence & Recognition
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) employee Mat Cashman will participate in a new Webull Financial/ Cboe Global Markets / The Options Industry Council (OIC) webinar series on September 9 at 10:00 a.m. ET, focusing on market structure, routing, liquidity, and execution.
Reported by Mat Cashman
Customers & Market
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) saw a rise in securities lending loan value of 24.4% to approximately $226.5 billion, while total transactions fell 5.1% year over year.
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Customers & Market
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) reached a year-to-date average daily volume of 70.8 million contracts in August 2026, nearly 23% above the same period last year.
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Customers & Market
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) posted double-digit growth in index options with an August volume increase of 16.9% to over 122 million contracts, and an average daily volume of nearly 30.3% year over year.
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Customers & Market
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) led ETF options in August 2026 with a 35.3% increase to over 579 million contracts, and an average daily volume of nearly 35% year over year.
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Customers & Market
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) cleared more than 1.44 billion contracts in August 2026, representing an increase of 14.4% year over year compared to August 2025.
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People
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) welcomed new colleagues Aarthy Meenakshisundaram, Kristen McIntosh, Max Block, Santh Prakash Gangadhara, and Daniela DeJesus, M.A. to join the team.
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Presence & Recognition
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) alumni Qianlei (Nicole) Li, Baptiste Pepin, and Apoorv Gupta participated in a moderated discussion with Ken Keating at the University of Chicago Master of Science in Financial Mathematics program.
Reported by Mat Cashman