Credit Derivatives Reported under CFTC Regulations

2023 YTD vs. 2022 YTD

  • Total index credit derivatives traded notional and trade count decreased by 28% and 18%, respectively
    • CDX HY traded notional and trade count decreased by 23% and 15%, respectively
    • CDX IG traded notional and trade count decreased by 24% and 15%, respectively
    • iTraxx Europe traded notional and trade count decreased by 28% and 1%, respectively
  • 86% of total traded notional was cleared vs. 83% last year
  • 85% of total traded notional was executed on SEFs vs. 82% last year

 

2023 Current Week vs. 2022 Current Week

 

Credit Derivatives Reported under SEC Regulations

YTD Ending September 1, 2023

  • Total security-based credit derivatives traded notional totaled $464.3 billion, while trade count totaled 148.6 thousand
    • Corporate single-name CDS traded notional totaled $350.7 billion, and trade count was 113.9 thousand
    • Sovereign single-name CDS traded notional totaled $89.7 billion, and trade count was 22.6 thousand
  • 49.0% of total traded notional was cleared