Interest Rate and Credit Derivatives Weekly Trading Volume: Week Ending December 8, 2023

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Credit Derivatives Reported under CFTC Regulations

2023 YTD vs. 2022 YTD

  • Total index credit derivatives traded notional and trade count decreased by 24% and 15%, respectively
    • CDX HY traded notional and trade count decreased by 19% and 12%, respectively
    • CDX IG traded notional and trade count decreased by 21% and 13%, respectively
    • iTraxx Europe traded notional and trade count decreased by 29% and 16%, respectively
  • 87% of total traded notional was cleared vs. 84% last year
  • 85% of total traded notional was executed on SEFs vs. 83% last year

 

2023 Current Week vs. 2022 Current Week

Credit Derivatives Reported under SEC Regulations

YTD data has been updated to include ICE Trade Vault SBSDR data. Previously published reports only included data reported to DTCC SBSDR.

YTD Ending December 8, 2023

  • Total security-based credit derivatives traded notional was $732.2 billion, while trade count totaled 238.6 thousand
    • Corporate single-name CDS traded notional totaled $557.1 billion, and trade count was 185.8 thousand
    • Sovereign single-name CDS traded notional totaled $140.1 billion, and trade count was 35.5 thousand
  • 50% of total traded notional was cleared