Interest Rate and Credit Derivatives Weekly Trading Volume: Week Ending February 8, 2019

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Interest Rate Derivatives

2019 YTD vs. 2018 YTD

  • Total IRD traded notional increased by 7%, while trade count decreased by 2%
    • Fixed-for-floating IRS traded notional and trade count decreased by 5% and 7%, respectively
    • FRAs traded notional and trade count increased by 24% and 18%, respectively
    • OIS traded notional and trade count increased by 3% and 14%, respectively
  • 89% of total traded notional was cleared vs. 88% last year
  • 61% of total traded notional was executed On SEF vs. 58% last year

2019 Current Week vs. 2018 Current Week

  • Total IRD traded notional increased by 5%, while trade count decreased by 8%
    • Fixed-for-floating IRS traded notional and trade count decreased by 25% and 21%, respectively
    • FRAs traded notional and trade count increased by 57% and 62%, respectively
    • OIS traded notional and trade count decreased by 3% and 1%, respectively
  • 88% of total traded notional was cleared vs. 86% last year
  • 62% of total traded notional was executed On SEF vs. 54% last year SEF vs. 58% last year

Interest Rate Derivatives: Benchmark Data 

Week Ending February 8, 2019

  • SOFR traded notional totaled $1.2 billion, including $0.1 billion of basis swaps. Trade count totaled 7, including 1 basis swap
  • SONIA traded notional totaled $200.6 billion, including $3.3 billion of basis swaps. Trade count totaled 260, including 25 basis swaps
  • SARON traded notional and trade count totaled $0.1 billion and 1, respectively
  • TONA traded notional and trade count totaled $4.2 billion and 15, respectively

YTD Ending February 8, 2019

  • SOFR traded notional totaled $8.3 billion, including $0.2 billion of basis swaps. Trade count totaled 40, including 5 basis swaps
  • SONIA traded notional totaled $810.8 billion, including  $20.3 billion of basis swaps. Trade count totaled 1,254, including 134 basis swaps
  • SARON traded notional totaled $1.1 billion and 7, respectively
  • TONA traded notional totaled $16.3 billion, including $1.0 billion of basis swaps. Trade count totaled 45, including 1 basis swap

Credit Derivatives 

2019 YTD vs. 2018 YTD

  • Total credit derivatives traded notional decreased by 9%, while trade count increased by 1%
    • CDX HY traded notional decreased by 14%, while trade count increased by 0.04%
    • CDX IG traded notional and trade count increased by 8% and 22%, respectively
    • iTraxx Europe traded notional decreased by 8%, while trade count increased by 62%
  • 79% of total traded notional was cleared vs. 81% last year
  • 76% of total traded notional was executed On SEF vs. 77% last year

2019 Current Week vs. 2018 Current Week

  • Total credit derivatives traded notional and trade count decreased by 59% and 53%, respectively
    • CDX HY traded notional and trade count decreased by 68% and 61%, respectively
    • CDX IG traded notional and trade count decreased by 56% and 46%, respectively
    • iTraxx Europe traded notional and trade count decreased by 53% and 15%, respectively
  • 81% of total traded notional was cleared vs. 85% last year
  • 78% of total traded notional was executed On SEF vs. 82% last year 77% last year