Credit Derivatives Reported under CFTC Regulations

2023 YTD vs. 2022 YTD

  • Total index credit derivatives traded notional and trade count decreased by 29% and 18%, respectively
    • CDX HY traded notional and trade count decreased by 24% and 16%, respectively
    • CDX IG traded notional and trade count decreased by 26% and 16%, respectively
    • iTraxx Europe traded notional decreased by 27%, while trade count increased by 0.5%
  • 86% of total traded notional was cleared vs. 83% last year
  • 85% of total traded notional was executed on SEFs vs. 82% last year

 

2023 Current Week vs. 2022 Current Week

 

Credit Derivatives Reported under SEC Regulations

YTD Ending September 15, 2023

  • Total security-based credit derivatives traded notional totaled $494.4 billion, while trade count totaled 156.5 thousand
    • Corporate single-name CDS traded notional totaled $374.9 billion, and trade count was 120.3 thousand
    • Sovereign single-name CDS traded notional totaled $94.8 billion, and trade count was 23.7 thousand
  • 49.0% of total traded notional was cleared