Interest Rate and Credit Derivatives Weekly Trading Volume: Week Ending October 12, 2018

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Interest Rate Derivatives

2018 YTD vs. 2017 YTD

  • Total IRD traded notional and trade count increased by 21% and 14%, respectively
    • Fixed-for-floating IRS traded notional and trade count increased by 25% and 15%, respectively
    • FRAs traded notional and trade count increased by 23% and 14%, respectively
    • OIS traded notional and trade count increased by 6% and 14%, respectively
  • 88% of total traded notional was cleared, flat compared with last year
  • 57% of total traded notional was executed On SEF vs. 55% last year

2018 Current Week vs. 2017 Current Week

  • Total IRD traded notional and trade count increased by 44% and 23%, respectively
    • Fixed-for-floating IRS traded notional and trade count increased by 46% and 27%, respectively
    • FRAs traded notional increased by 32%, while trade count decreased by 4%
    • OIS traded notional and trade count increased by 52% and 68%, respectively
  • 86% of total traded notional was cleared, flat compared with last year
  • 55% of total traded notional was executed On SEF vs. 54% last year

Interest Rate Derivatives: Benchmark Data 

Week Ending October 12, 2018

  • There were no SOFR and SARON trades
  • SONIA traded notional totaled $119.5 billion, including $6.3 billion of basis swaps. Trade count totaled 317, including 23 basis swaps
  • TONA traded notional and trade count was $0.9 billion and 7, respectively

YTD Ending October 12, 2018

  • SOFR traded notional totaled $1.8 billion, including $1.6 billion of basis swaps. Trade count totaled 19, including 16 basis swaps
  • SONIA traded notional was $6.1 trillion, including $85.8 billion of basis swaps. Trade count totaled 5,880, including 593 basis swaps
  • SARON traded notional and trade count was $1.8 billion and 11, respectively
  • TONA traded notional totaled $64.1 billion, including $1.2 billion of basis swaps. Trade count totaled 222, including 4 basis swaps

Credit Derivatives 

2018 YTD vs. 2017 YTD

  • Total credit derivatives traded notional and trade count increased by 31% and 21%, respectively
    • CDX HY traded notional and trade count increased by 38% and 18%, respectively
    • CDX IG traded notional and trade count increased by 37% and 26%, respectively
    • iTraxx Europe traded notional and trade count increased by 34% and 29%, respectively
  • 83% of total traded notional was cleared vs. 80% last year
  • 79% of total traded notional was executed On SEF vs. 75% last year

2018 Current Week vs. 2017 Current Week

  • Total credit derivatives traded notional and trade count increased by 106% and 129%, respectively
    • CDX HY traded notional and trade count increased by 197% and 172%, respectively
    • CDX IG traded notional and trade count increased by 92% and 102%, respectively
    • iTraxx Europe traded notional and trade count increased by 126% and 151%, respectively
  • 87% of total traded notional was cleared vs. 80% last year
  • 83% of total traded notional was executed On SEF vs. 77% last year