Interest Rate and Credit Derivatives Weekly Trading Volume: Week Ending October 20, 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 26% and 16%, respectively
    • CDX HY traded notional and trade count decreased by 21% and 13%, respectively
    • CDX IG traded notional and trade count decreased by 23% and 15%, respectively
    • iTraxx Europe traded notional decreased by 24%, while trade count increased by 1%
  • 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 October 20, 2023

  • Total security-based credit derivatives traded notional was $629.1 billion, while trade count totaled 202.8 thousand
    • Corporate single-name CDS traded notional totaled $480.9 billion, and trade count was 158.1 thousand
    • Sovereign single-name CDS traded notional totaled $119.2 billion, and trade count was 30.2 thousand
  • 50% of total traded notional was cleared