| January Options Volume & Market Share Options volume up 42% year-over-year
On February 1, OCC announced that exchange-listed options volume reached 467,904,767 contracts in January, a 42 percent increase from January 2017. Year-to-date average daily options volume is up 36 percent from 2017 with 22,281,179 contracts. Equity options volume in January was 411,650,134 contracts, up 41 percent from January 2017. This includes cleared ETF options volume of 173,248,941 contracts last month, a 40 percent increase from January 2017 volume of 123,515,339 contracts. Index options volume in January was the highest month ever, up 52 percent from a year ago with 56, 254, 633 contracts.
Here is a breakdown of market share by exchange:
| Exchange | Equity | Index/Other | Exchange Total | | Â | Volume | Market Share | Volume | Market Share | Volume | Market Share | | AMEX | 35,280,153 | 8.57% | 88 | 0.00% | 35,280,241 | 7.54% | | ARCA | 38,527,072 | 9.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 38,527,072 | 8.23% | | BATS | 41,566,305 | 10.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 41,566,305 | 8.88% | | BOX | 8,942,832 | 2.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 8,942,832 | 1.91% | | C2 | 15,075,742 | 3.66% | 239,758 | 0.43% | 15,315,500 | 3.27% | | CBOE | 68,535,106 | 16.65% | 55,503,982 | 98.67% | 124,039,088 | 26.51% | | EDGX | 8,920,168 | 2.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 8,920,168 | 1.91% | | GEM | 19,943,685 | 4.84% | 14,588 | 0.03% | 19,958,273 | 4.27% | | ISE | 34,817,026 | 8.46% | 100,057 | 0.18% | 34,917,083 | 7.46% | | MCRY | 616,774 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 616,774 | 0.13% | | MIAX | 19,137,782 | 4.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 19,137,782 | 4.09% | | MPRL | 10,743,160 | 2.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 10,743,160 | 2.30% | | NOBO | 2,069,386 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,069,386 | 0.44% | | NSDQ | 34,456,948 | 8.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 34,456,948 | 7.36% | | PHLX | 73,017,995 | 17.74% | 396,160 | 0.70% | 73,414,155 | 15.69% | | OCC Totals | 411,650,134 | 100.00% | 56,254,633 | 100.00% | 467,904,767 | 100.00% |
Source: OCC Â Â Upcoming Economic Reports A preview of what may move the market this week
| TIME (ET) | REPORT | PERIOD | FORECAST | PREVIOUS | | MONDAY, FEB. 5 | | 9:45 AM | Markit services PMI | Jan. | -- | 53.3 | | 10:00 AM | ISM nonmanufacturing index | Jan. | 57.00% | 56.00% | | TUESDAY, FEB. 6 | | 8:30 AM | Foreign trade deficit | Dec. | -$52.0 bln | -$50.5 bln | | 10:00 AM | Job openings | Dec. | -- | 5.9 mln | | WEDNESDAY,FEB. 7 | | 3:00 PM | Consumer credit | Dec. | -- | $28 bln | | THURSDAY, FEB. 8 | | 8:30 AM | Weekly jobless claims | Feb. 3 | 235,000 | 230,000 | | FRIDAY, FEB. 9 | | 10:00 AM | Wholesale trade | Dec. | -- | 0.80% |
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