Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) reached a new daily trading volume record on 16 August when 23.75m contracts were traded, 11% higher than the previous record of 21.31m set 26 July. Equity options trading set a new record with 20.24m contracts, a seven percent increase over the previous record of 18.95m contracts, also set 26 July. Open interest peaked at 309.21m contracts, also claiming a new record. This volume marks the third record trading day in the past four weeks, a period that has seen eight of the ten highest trading volume days.
CME Group set a number of new records in its financial contracts on 16 August, marking its second highest trading day for combined total and electronic trading volume. Total trading volume for the day was 23.34m futures and options contracts. Electronic volume reached 19.09m contracts for the day.Equity products reached record levels volume...