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May to remember for OneChicago


02 June 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Stephen Durham

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OneChicago’s May 2015 volume stood at 1,006,036, an increase of 93 percent year-over-year.

OneChicago is a Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities Exchange Commission-regulated exchange offering single stock futures (SSFs), a Delta One product, on approximately 1,500 equities, including American Depository Receipts and exchange-traded funds.

Also in May 2015, open interest increased 54 percent year-over-year to 858,463 contracts on the equity finance exchange at close-of-market on 29 May 2015.

Year-to-date volume through 31 May 2015, was 3,827,480, up 4 percent compared to 2014.

On OCXdelta1, 1,001,202 blocks and exchange futures for physicals (EFPs) were traded during the month. As of 31 May 2015, EFP and block activity represented $5.1 billion in notional value.

In total, 65 percent of May 2015 month-end open interest was in OCX.NoDivRisk products. The OCX.NoDivRisk product suite is an equity finance tool that removes dividend risk for customers carrying synthetic equity delta exposure.
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