Cboe October index options average daily volume rises 25% to record
CBOE•Cboe Global Markets’ October index options average daily volume rose 25% year over year to a record 6.889 million contracts. SPX options also set a record, while multi-listed options, equities and futures volumes declined year over year.
1. October trading volumes
Cboe Global Markets’ October index options average daily volume reached a record 6,889,000 contracts, up 25% year over year. SPX options set a record average daily volume of 5,500,000 contracts, including a record 3,600,000 zero-days-to-expiry contracts. Multi-listed options volume fell 10.3% to 14,253,000 contracts, U.S. on-exchange equities volume dropped 24.4% to 1,528,000,000 matched shares, and futures volume declined 8.3% to 237,000 contracts, though it rose 24.3% from September.
