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OneChicago, LLC
Company typePrivate
IndustrySecurities Futures Exchange
FoundedMay 14, 2001
Headquarters
Chicago, IL
,
United States USA
Key people
David Downey (CEO), Thomas McCabe (COO), Mark Esposito (Managing Director of Business Development), Kirk P. Smith (Director of Market Regulations)
Websitewww.onechicago.com

OneChicago is a all-electronic exchange owned jointly by IB Exchange Group (IB), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and CME Group (CME). It is a privately held company that is regulated by both the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The OneChicago corporate headquarters is located in the Chicago Board of Trade building in the heart of Chicagos finacial district. OneChicago offers approximately 2,033 Single-stock futures (SSF) products[1] with names such as IBM, Apple and Google. All trading is cleared through Options Clearing Corporation (OCC). OneChicago currently operates the only U.S. based securities futures marketplace.


Trading Volume

It was reported by OneChicago on January 4, 2011 that "637,012 security futures contracts traded at the Exchange in December 2010, up 83% over December 2009. The total 2010 trading volume was 4,971,160; up 67% from 2009."[2]


Electronic platforms and clearing

OneChicago operates two trading platforms for securites futures. The first utilizing the CBOEdirect electronic trading platform and the second OneChicago’s institutional based system for blocks and EFP’s called B.E.T.S. ISV connect to either platform; trading can also be done via an API connection to CBOEdirect.[3] Members of the CME Group and CBOE are automatically members of OneChicago and any clearing member of the Options Clearing Corporation who is permissioned for Security Futures can also route orders for execution.[4] OneChicago securities futures may be traded in either a securities account or a futures account.[5]


Products

Securities Futures Contracts

The exchange offers 2,033 (as of February 22, 2011) security futures, including 10 narrow-based indexes, 253 futures on ETFs and 582 OCX.NoDiv.[6] A OneChicago single stock futures contract is an agreement to deliver 100 shares of a specific stock at a designated date in the future, called the expiration date. In most cases, four expiration dates are available for trading OneChicago single stock futures.[7] The traditional futures symbol will consist of the underlying ticker symbol plus “1C”. For instance, the traditional DIA futures will trade as DIA1C.

The OCX.NoDiv products trade side by side with the OneChicago’s traditional futures product.[8] OCX.NoDiv products treat ordinary dividends as corporate events by adjusting the previous days’ settlement price by the dividend amount the morning of the Ex_Date. The OCX.NoDiv symbol will generally consist of the underlying ticker symbol plus “1D”. For instance, DIA OCX.NoDiv futures will trade as DIA1D.[9]


Exchange Future for Physical (EFP)

An Exchange Futures for Physical (EFP) is a combination order to buy (or sell) an amount of underlying stock and simultaneously sell (or buy) the equivalent number of SSFs with a conterparty who buys (or sells) the corresponding underlying (or SSF). EFP trading allows for the trade of a short (or long) underlying position for a short (or long) SSF position.[10] An EFP, as an integrated transaction, has no market exposure risk as the Stock and the SSF have identical delta values. The two parties to the transaction are simply shifting to an equivalent position on more favorable financing terms.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.onechicago.com/?page_id=756
  2. ^ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/onechicago-reports-december-volume-up-83-over-december-2009-year-to-date-volume-up-67-112871489.html
  3. ^ http://www.onechicago.com/?page_id=7
  4. ^ http://www.onechicago.com/?page_id=47
  5. ^ http://www.onechicago.com/?page_id=114
  6. ^ http://www.onechicago.com/?page_id=756
  7. ^ http://www.onechicago.com/?page_id=118
  8. ^ http://www.onechicago.com/?page_id=3583
  9. ^ http://www.onechicago.com/wp-content/uploads/content2010/OCX%20NoDiv%20Product%20Memo.pdf
  10. ^ http://www.onechicago.com/?page_id=27
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