FIF Capacity Statistics For March 2013:

Three New Record Peaks: SIAC OPRA, BATS Options MCASTPITCH AGG and BATS CHI-X Europe CXE PITCH.

This month’s bulletin from the Financial Information Forum (FIF) finds that SIAC OPRA was up 40% to a record 6,846,223 mps over the 1 second interval

BATS Options MCASTPITCH AGG was up 17% to a record 1,966,843 mps over the 1 second interval

BATS CHI-X Europe CXE PITCH was up 3% to a record 102,141 mps over the 1 second interval

The next meeting of the FIF MD Capacity WG is scheduled for April 18^th @ 10:00 AM ET

The FIF provides key data points for market data rates.  Percentage increases based on a comparison between February and March 1 second peaks (unless specified).  Monthly data for OPRA, CTA, UTP, BATS U.S and BATS CHI-X Europe, Direct Edge, NASDAQ Proprietary, NYSE ArcaBook Equities and Options, CME Group, Toronto and Deutsche Böerse feeds are available for FIF members at http://www.fif.com/fif-reports/market-data-capacity-statistics/overview