IntercontinentalExchange Publishes Daily Futures Volume for January

Like the CME the IntercontinentalExchange posted a solid month in FX trading, even as overall trading was lower year over year. During the month, average daily volume (ADV) was 32,712 contracts in the FX group, 25% higher YoY, but slightly below December's figures. While underperforming the CME, the ICE figures were still strong considering that December volume had risen over 30% from November.

Average Daily Volume (ADV) for futures and options was 3,478,414. Total contract volume in January 2013 was 73 million contracts. All prior period contract volumes have been adjusted to include the converted futures contracts, which previously traded in ICE's OTC markets.

IntercontinentalExhange Inc is a US-based exchange which is listed on the NYSE under the symbol ICE and operates global OTC markets and clearing houses in North America and Europe, with trading firms in 70 countries worldwide along with market data customers in 120 countries. The majority of instruments on the exchange are in the energy, agriculture, foreign exchange and equity index categories. As far as the energy sector is concerned, ICE has more than half of the world’s crude oil and refined petroleum product futures volume.

January 2013 Review

ICE received regulatory approval to provide portfolio margining relief for Buy-Side Buy-Side The buy-side is comprised of firms in the financial industry that purchase securities and are accompanied by account investment managers, pension funds, and hedge funds.The buy-side is composed of those that buy and invest large sums of securities with the intention of generating a lucrative return or have their funds managed. The Buy-Side ExplainedIn terms of Wall Street, the buy-side includes investment institutions that purchase securities, stocks, or other financial instruments with the aim The buy-side is comprised of firms in the financial industry that purchase securities and are accompanied by account investment managers, pension funds, and hedge funds.The buy-side is composed of those that buy and invest large sums of securities with the intention of generating a lucrative return or have their funds managed. The Buy-Side ExplainedIn terms of Wall Street, the buy-side includes investment institutions that purchase securities, stocks, or other financial instruments with the aim Read this Term clearing of certain CDS, and ICE Clear Credit plans to launch clearing of North American single names and Latin American sovereigns and portfolio margining for the buy-side in the current quarter. ICE announced the February 11 launch of 16 new energy contracts to include new global oil, iron ore and China coal futures products. Volume records were set in January in ICE RBOB and Newcastle Coal futures, and open interest records were set in ICE Brent crude futures, Heating Oil futures, Cocoa futures and WTI options. Through January 25, ICE's CDS clearing houses have cleared $37 trillion in gross notional value on a cumulative basis across 1.16 million trades.

ICE Clear Credit has cleared $2.2 trillion in single-name CDS resulting in open interest of $737 billion. ICE Clear Europe has cleared €1.6 trillion ($2.1 trillion) in single-name CDS resulting in €362 billion ($484 billion) of open interest. ICE lists 375 CDS instruments for clearing. A complete summary of CDS clearing can be found at: https://www.theice.com/clear_credit.jhtml

Trading days in January 2013

ICE Futures Europe & U.S: 21

ICE Futures Canada: 22

As of October 15, 2012, ICE transitioned all of the open interest in OTC cleared energy Swaps Swaps Swaps can be defined as a derivate contact composed of two parties that exchange to cash flow between two separate financial instruments.They are generally divided into two categories. This includes contingent claims (options) and forward claims, where forward contracts, swaps, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are exchanged. Commodity price, equity price, interest rate, and foreign exchange rate are common variables used as one of the cash flows in swaps upon initiation. Different Types of Swaps Swaps can be defined as a derivate contact composed of two parties that exchange to cash flow between two separate financial instruments.They are generally divided into two categories. This includes contingent claims (options) and forward claims, where forward contracts, swaps, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are exchanged. Commodity price, equity price, interest rate, and foreign exchange rate are common variables used as one of the cash flows in swaps upon initiation. Different Types of Swaps Read this Term contracts to futures contracts. All futures volumes in the tables above have been adjusted to treat, on a pro forma basis, the OTC cleared energy swaps contracts as futures contracts for all periods prior to October 2012. RPC is calculated by dividing transaction revenues by contract volume, and may vary based on pricing, customer and product mix.