PRINCETON, New Jersey, Feb. 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- MIAX Options Exchange (MIAX®) today announced that over 20.5 million contracts were executed on MIAX in January 2016, equating to an average daily volume (ADV) of over 1 million contracts. The over 20.5 million contracts executed represents a 32.8% increase from the approximately 15.5 million contracts executed in January 2015 and a 6.7% decrease from the over 22 million contracts executed in December 2015. MIAX's January equity options market share of 6.30% represents a 30.4% increase from the 4.83% achieved in January 2015 and a 12.5% decrease from 7.20% achieved in December 2015. For the entire U.S. equity options industry, January's ADV was over 17 million contracts, or a 7.13% increase from January 2015's ADV of over 16 million contracts.
Detailed volume statistics are as follows:
MIAX® | Current Month/Year-to-Date | Previous Month | ||||
Jan 2016 | Jan 2015 | % Change | Jan 2016 | Dec 2015 | % Change | |
MIAX Total Volume | 20,559,131 | 15,475,739 | 32.8% | 20,559,131 | 22,032,452 | -6.7% |
MIAX ADV | 1,082,060 | 773,787 | 39.8% | 1,082,060 | 1,001,475 | 8.0% |
MIAX Market Share | 6.30% | 4.83% | 30.4% | 6.30% | 7.20% | -12.5% |
Other achievements include:
- During December 2015, MIAX ranked #1 out of all U.S. equity options exchanges in percentage of time at the National Best Bid/Offer (NBBO) in aggregate across all option classes. This marked the fifth month in a row that MIAX achieved this distinction.
- During December 2015, MIAX ranked #1 out of all U.S. equity options exchanges in percentage of time at the NBBO in aggregate across all Penny Pilot option classes. This marked the fourth month in a row that MIAX achieved this distinction. Statistics for both all option classes and Penny Pilot option classes were provided by the TABB Group.1
1 The Options Liquidity Matrix is a monthly analysis of options market activity published by TABB Group and Hanweck Associates. The report includes options trading volumes and statistics on execution metrics for each U.S. listed options exchange and the industry using proprietary statistics and methodologies from Hanweck Associates and data from the Options Clearing Corporation. All statistics are derived from direct OPRA data feeds and include all trade activity reported by OPRA for each day. Quote statistics include trading activity during normal trading hours.
Percentage of Time at the National Best Bid/Offer: Sum of time the exchange is both best bid and best offer (across only symbols quoted by the exchange) divided by the sum of time those symbols have a best bid/offer during the trading day.
For further information regarding the MIAX Options Exchange, please visit www.MIAXOptions.com or contact MIAX Trading Operations at TradingOperations@MIAXOptions.com.
Corporate Communications Contact: | Dominique Prunetti-Miller |
(609) 897-1465 | |
dprunetti@miami-holdings.com |
About MIAX Options and MIH
MIAX Options, which commenced operations on December 7, 2012, is a fully electronic options trading exchange approved by the SEC as a national securities exchange on December 3, 2012. MIAX Options has assembled a team with deep rooted experience in developing, operating and trading on options exchanges. Its trading platform has been developed in-house and designed from the ground up for the unique functional and performance demands of derivatives trading. MIAX Options now lists and trades options on over 2,300 multi-listed classes. MIAX Options' unparalleled system throughput is approximately 38 million quotes per second. The average latency for a single quote on MIAX Options is approximately 15.89 microseconds for a full round trip. At the 99th percentile, the latency on MIAX Options is approximately 23.11 microseconds. At the 99.9th percentile, the latency on MIAX Options is approximately 45.44 microseconds. The executive offices and technology development center as well as the National Operations Center for the MIAX Options are located in Princeton, New Jersey.
MIAX Options, Miami International Technologies, LLC (MIAX Technologies) and MIAX Global, LLC (MIAX Global) are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Miami International Holdings, Inc. (MIH). MIAX Technologies is MIH's technology subsidiary for the sale and/or license of MIAX trading technology. MIAX Global focuses on merger, acquisition and joint venture activities of MIH. MIAX Global also provides technology and other services outside of North America, with its initial concentration being on Europe and Latin America.
In December 2015, MIH announced its plans to launch a second U.S. options exchange. The new exchange will leverage MIAX's industry leading technology and infrastructure to employ a price-time allocation model, and will enable MIH to compete for a segment of order flow that does not trade on the pro-rata market that MIAX currently operates. MIH anticipates launching its new price-time exchange in the third quarter of 2016, pending approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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