CHICAGO, Jan. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- OneChicago, LLC (OCX), an equity finance exchange, today announced December 2013 volume of 1,174,205 and a total volume of 9,515,194 for full-year 2013.

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"It is very simple - lowering your cost structure provides higher yields and a competitive advantage. Customers using the security futures products are able to carry equity positions on much more favorable financing terms than traditional margin loans while allowing the customers to capture the benefit from the value of the position in the securities lending markets. 2013 was a breakout year for the product as customers began to grasp this concept," said David Downey, CEO of OneChicago. "In addition, CTA participation increased dramatically as we were successful in introducing the futures side of the world to the vast liquidity pools on the equity side. We anticipate this will expand in the years to come."

December 2013 highlights include:


    --  Open interest stood at 489,272 contracts on the equity finance exchange
        at close-of-market.
    --  1,155,399 Exchange Futures for Physicals (EFPs) and blocks were traded.
        December 2013 EFPs and blocks activity represented $5.7 billion in
        notional value.
    --  49% of December 2013 month-end open interest was in OCX.NoDivRisk(TM)
        products. The OCX.NoDivRisk product suite is an innovative equity
        finance tool, which removes dividend risk for customers carrying equity
        delta exposure through derivatives.



                                              Month End Volume and Open Interest - Summary
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                                                               For 12/2013
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             Type  12/2013 Avg Daily  12/2013 Total Volume      Previous Year          % Change      YTD Total Volume    Month End Open
                         Volume                                 Monthly Volume                                              Interest
             ---- ------------------  --------------------     --------------              --------    ---------------- ---------------

    ETF                        12,018              252,370               281,930                -10%          2,772,658            84,302
    ---                        ------              -------               -------                ---           ---------            ------

    SSF                        43,897              921,835             1,009,632                 -9%          6,742,536           404,970
    ---                        ------              -------             ---------                ---           ---------           -------

     Exchange
     Total                     55,915            1,174,205             1,291,562                 -9%          9,515,194           489,272
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ABOUT ONECHICAGO

OneChicago (OCX) is the only US equity finance exchange for trading security futures and the related EFP. Regulated by the SEC and CFTC, OCX lists approximately 2,800 products, including ADRs, ETFs and OCX.NoDivRisk(TM) contracts. Contracts are cleared through the centralized counterparty, "AA+"-rated OCC. Security futures, a Delta One product, are utilized for synthetic equity strategies including equity swaps, equity repos and stock loan/borrow transactions. The OneChicago OCX.NoDivRisk, Exchange Futures for Physical transaction is economically equivalent to a Securities Lending Transaction.

OCX.NoDivRisk contracts are security futures with dividends removed from the pricing as the future's price is adjusted down by the value of the dividend on Ex-date. For more information, please visit our Website at: http://www.OneChicago.com or contact us at 312-424-8520.

SOURCE OneChicago, LLC