01.07.2025

Cboe US Options Volume Hits Record for 5th Consecutive Year

01.07.2025
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Cboe Global Markets, the world’s leading derivatives and securities exchange network, reported December and full year 2024 trading volume statistics across its global business lines and provided guidance for selected revenue per contract/net revenue capture metrics for the fourth quarter of 2024.

The data sheet “Cboe Global Markets Monthly Volume & RPC/Net Revenue Capture Report” contains an overview of certain December and full year 2024 trading statistics and market share by business segment, volume in select index products, and RPC/net capture, which is reported on a one-month lag, across business lines.

December and Full Year 2024 Trading Volume Highlights   

U.S. Options

  • Total volume across Cboe’s four options exchanges was 3.8 billion contracts in 2024, with an ADV of 14.95 million contracts traded, the fifth consecutive record-breaking year.
  • Cboe’s proprietary product suite set several volume records for the year, including:
    • Overall proprietary index options product suite traded a total of 1.03 billion contracts, with an ADV of 4.1 million contracts
    • S&P 500 Index (SPX) options traded a total of 784.2 million contracts, with an ADV of 3.1 million contracts
    • Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) options traded a total of 209.2 million contracts, with an ADV of 830 thousand contracts
    • XSP (Mini-SPX) options traded a total of 17.6 million contracts, with an ADV of 69 thousand contracts
  • In the fourth quarter, zero days to expiry trading in SPX comprised of 51% of overall SPX volumes, a quarterly record.

Global FX

  • Global FX reported a record full year spot average daily notional volume (ADNV) of $45.4 billion, eclipsing last year’s record of $43.6 billion.

Average Daily Trading Volume (ADV) by Month

Year-To-Date

Dec

2024

Dec

2023

%

Chg

Nov
2024


Chg

Dec

2024

Dec

2023


Chg

Multiply-listed options (contracts, k)

11,864

10,472

13.3 %

12,355

-4.0 %

10,853

10,814

0.4 %

Index options (contracts, k)

4,014

3,984

0.8 %

4,141

-3.0 %

4,094

3,800

7.7 %

Futures (contracts, k)

213

201

6.0 %

222

-3.8 %

239

223

6.9 %

U.S. Equities – On-Exchange (matched shares, mn)

1,515

1,654

-8.4 %

1,601

-5.4 %

1,392

1,413

-1.4 %

U.S. Equities – Off-Exchange (matched shares,
mn)1

70

71

-1.9 %

94

-25.7 %

79

79

-0.6 %

Canadian Equities (matched shares, k)

154,344

151,854

1.6 %

159,068

-3.0 %

147,576

136,110

8.4 %

European Equities (€, mn)

9,291

8,816

5.4 %

11,262

-17.5 %

9,780

9,398

4.1 %

Cboe Clear Europe Cleared Trades2 (k)

96,747

83,648

15.7 %

114,701

-15.7 %

1,229,203

1,172,028

4.9 %

Cboe Clear Europe Net Settlements2 (k)

926

770

20.2 %

995

-6.9 %

11,199

10,045

11.5 %

Australian Equities (AUD, mn)

772

777

-0.7 %

822

-6.1 %

790

704

12.2 %

Japanese Equities (JPY, bn)

250

192

30.0 %

251

-0.5 %

304

177

72.3 %

Global FX ($, mn)

43,122

45,600

-5.4 %

49,565

-13.0 %

46,731

44,706

4.5 %

1 U.S. Equities – Off-Exchange ATS Block metrics restated to incorporate a tier of sell-side activity from July 2023 and forward, previously excluded from reporting.

2 Cboe Clear Europe figures are totals (not ADV) for the months and years-to-date. As of April 2023, data has been restated to reflect both On-Book and Off-Book cleared trades.

Fourth-Quarter 2024 RPC/Net Revenue Capture Guidance

The projected RPC/net capture metrics for the fourth quarter of 2024 are estimated, preliminary and may change. There can be no assurance that our final RPC for the three months ended December 31, 2024, will not differ materially from these projections.

(In USD unless stated otherwise) 

Three-Months Ended 

 Product: 

4Q Projection

Nov-24

Oct-24

Sept-24

Multiply-Listed Options (per contract)

$0.065

$0.067

$0.066

$0.063

Index Options

$0.905

$0.895

$0.894

$0.892

Total Options

$0.281

$0.288

$0.300

$0.298

Futures (per contract)

$1.767

$1.753

$1.760

$1.767

U.S. Equities – Exchange (per 100 touched shares)

$0.018

$0.020

$0.022

$0.024

U.S. Equities – Off-Exchange (per 100 touched shares)

$0.128

$0.129

$0.130

$0.135

Canadian Equities (per 10,000 touched shares)

CAD 4.057

CAD 4.158

CAD 4.192

CAD 4.240

European Equities (per matched notional value)

0.260

0.260

0.257

0.257

Australian Equities (per matched notional value)

0.153

0.156

0.155

0.156

Japanese Equities (per matched notional value)

0.234

0.228

0.219

0.221

Global FX (per one million dollars traded)

$2.742

$2.687

$2.680

$2.665

Cboe Clear Europe Fee per Trade Cleared

€ 0.009

€ 0.008

€ 0.008

€ 0.008

Cboe Clear Europe Net Fee per Settlement

€ 0.976

€ 0.979

€ 1.001

€ 1.026

The above represents average revenue per contract (RPC) or net capture is based on a three-month rolling average, reported on a one-month lag. Average transaction fees per contract can be affected by various factors, including exchange fee rates, volume-based discounts and transaction mix by contract type and product type.

  • For Options and Futures, the average RPC represents total net transaction fees recognized for the period divided by total contracts traded during the period for options exchanges: BZX Options, Cboe Options, C2 Options and EDGX Options; futures include contracts traded on Cboe Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE).
  • For U.S. Equities, “net capture per 100 touched shares” refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments and routing and clearing costs divided by the product of one-hundredth ADV of touched shares on BZX, BYX, EDGX and EDGA and the number of trading days for the period.
  • For U.S. Equities – Off-Exchange, “net capture per 100 touched shares” refers to transaction fees less OMS/EMS costs and clearing costs divided by the product of one-hundredth ADV of touched shares on BIDS Trading and the number of trading days for the period.
  • For Canadian Equities, “net capture per 10,000 touched shares” refers to transaction fees divided by the product of one-ten thousandth ADV of shares for Cboe Canada and the number of trading days for the period and includes revenue.
  • For European Equities, “net capture per matched notional value” refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments in British pounds divided by the product of ADNV in British pounds of shares matched on Cboe Europe Equities and the number of trading days.
  • For Australian Equities, “net capture per matched notional value” refers to transaction fees less trading fee relief in Australian Dollars divided by the product of ADNV in Australian Dollars of shares matched on Cboe Australia and the number of trading days.
  • For Japanese Equities, “net capture per matched notional value” refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments in Japanese Yen divided by the product of ADNV in Japanese Yen of shares matched on Cboe Japan and the number of trading days.
  • For Global FX, “net capture per one million dollars traded” refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments, if any, divided by the Spot and SEF products of one-thousandth of ADNV traded on the Cboe FX Markets and the number of trading days, divided by two, which represents the buyer and seller that are both charged on the transaction.
  • For Cboe Clear Europe, “Fee per Trade Cleared” refers to clearing fees divided by number of non-interoperable trades cleared and “Net Fee per Settlement” refers to settlement fees less direct costs incurred to settle divided by the number of settlements executed after netting.

Source: Cboe

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