Fee-Free Festivities: Options Traders Score December Clearing Holiday Break
Published Date: 12/3/2025
Notice
Summary
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is giving everyone a fee holiday from December 1 to December 31, 2025. This means traders and firms using OCC’s services won’t have to pay certain fees during that month. It’s a cool way to save money and encourage more trading activity right before the new year!
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OCC December 2025 Fee Holiday
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) will waive its $0.025 per-contract clearing fee for all transactions from December 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025. OCC also proposes to waive the $200 minimum monthly clearing fee for December 2025 once it receives all necessary regulatory approvals; clearing fees will revert to pre-December 1, 2025 levels on the first trading day of 2026. Implementation is delayed until the change is certified under CFTC Regulation 40.6.
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