Interest Rate and Credit Derivatives Weekly Trading Volume: Week Ending August 31 2018

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Interest Rate Derivatives

2018 YTD vs. 2017 YTD

  • Total IRD traded notional and trade count increased by 23% and 15%, respectively
    • Fixed-for-floating IRS traded notional and trade count increased by 25% and 16%, respectively 
    • FRAs traded notional and trade count increased by 26% and 16%, respectively 
    • OIS traded notional and trade count increased by 8% and 15%, 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 29% and 16%, respectively 
    • Fixed-for-floating IRS traded notional and trade count increased by 20% and 16%, respectively 
    • FRAs traded notional and trade count increased by 30% and 17%, respectively 
    • OIS traded notional and trade count increased by 44% and 8%, respectively 
  • 85% of total traded notional was cleared, flat compared with last year 
  • 52% of total traded notional was executed On SEF vs. 56% last year

Interest Rate Derivatives: Benchmarks Data 

Week Ending August 31, 2018

  • SONIA traded notional totaled $143.2 billion, including $0.9 billion of basis swaps. Trade count totaled 121, including 8 basis swaps
  • TONA traded notional and trade count was $0.4 billion and 5, respectively
  • There were no SOFR and SARON trades

YTD Ending August 31, 2018

  • SOFR traded notional totaled $1.5 billion, including $1.4 billion of basis swaps. Trade count totaled 14, including 12 basis swaps
  • SONIA traded notional was $5.5 trillion, including  $66.5 billion of basis swaps. Trade count totaled 4,761, including 484 basis swaps
  • SARON traded notional and trade count was $1.2 billion and 9, respectively
  • TONA traded notional totaled $57.5 billion, including $1.2 billion of basis swaps. Trade count totaled 193, including 4 basis swaps

Credit Derivatives 

2018 YTD vs. 2017 YTD

  • Total credit derivatives traded notional and trade count increased by 34% and 21%, respectively
    • CDX HY traded notional and trade count increased by 42% and 19%, respectively
    • CDX IG traded notional and trade count increased by 44% and 29%, respectively
    • iTraxx Europe traded notional and trade count increased by 35% and 27%, respectively 
  • 83% of total traded notional was cleared vs. 79% last year
  • 79% of total traded notional was executed On SEF vs. 74% last year

2018 Current Week vs. 2017 Current Week

  • Total credit derivatives traded notional decreased by 6%, while trade count increased by 1%, respectively 
    • CDX HY traded notional and trade count decreased by 9% and 12%, respectively
    • CDX IG traded notional and trade count decreased by 28% and 17%, respectively
    • iTraxx Europe  traded notional and trade count increased by 5% and 20%, respectively
  • 78% of total traded notional was cleared vs. 83% last year
  • 75% of total traded notional was executed On SEF vs. 80% last year