OneChicago Announces Trading Volume for December 2016

CHICAGO, Jan. 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- OneChicago, LLC (OCX), a securities finance exchange, today announced its December 2016 volume of 1,344,535, a decrease of 9% year-over-year. OneChicago is a CFTC and SEC regulated exchange offering Single Stock Futures (SSF), a Delta One product, on approximately 1,800 equities, including ADRs and ETFs.   

December 2016 highlights include:

• For the current year fourth quarter, OneChicago's volume increased 15% as compared to fourth quarter 2015.
• December 2016 volume was 1,344,535, down 9% year over year.
• Open interest decreased 1% year-over-year to 657,288 contracts on the securities finance exchange at close-of-market, December 30, 2016.
• 98% of December 2016 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.

ABOUT ONECHICAGO

OneChicago (OCX) is the only US equity finance exchange for trading single stock futures, a Delta One product.  Regulated by the SEC and CFTC, OCX lists approximately 1,800 products, including ADRs, ETFs and OCX.NoDivRisk® products, which include the OCX.Weekly. Contracts are cleared through the centralized counterparty, "AA+"-rated OCC. OneChicago OCX.NoDivRisk products are utilized for synthetic equity strategies including equity swaps, equity repos and stock loan/borrow transactions. The OneChicago expiring OCX.Weekly spread is economically equivalent to an equity repo or stock loan transaction. For more information, please visit our Website at: http://www.OneChicago.com or contact us at 312-883-3440.

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