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 24% and 16%, respectively
    • CDX IG traded notional and trade count decreased by 25% and 16%, respectively
    • iTraxx Europe traded notional decreased by 26%, while trade count increased by 1%
  • 87% 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 22, 2023

  • Total security-based credit derivatives traded notional was $526.5 billion, while trade count totaled 165.2 thousand
    • Corporate single-name CDS traded notional totaled $401.1 billion, and trade count was 127.5 thousand
    • Sovereign single-name CDS traded notional totaled $100 billion, and trade count was 24.9 thousand
  • 49% of total traded notional was cleared