The International Securities Exchange (ISE) today reported average daily volume of 4.1 million contracts in July 2009.
Average daily trading volume for all options contracts decreased 10.9% to 4.1 million contracts in July as compared to 4.6 million contracts during the same period in 2008. Total options volume for the month decreased 10.9% to 90.6 million contracts from 101.8 million contracts in the same year-ago period.
On a year-to-date basis, average daily trading volume of all options decreased 1.2% to 4.08 million contracts traded as compared to 4.13 million contracts traded in the prior year. Total year-to-date options volume through July 2009 decreased 1.9% to 595.5 million contracts from 607.0 million contracts in the same period last year.
Total Options Volume (Equity, ETF, Index and
FX Options)
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Equity and ETF Options Volume Statistics
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Index Options Volume Statistics
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ISE FX Options® Volume Statistics
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ISE's market share statistics continue to be negatively impacted by trading strategies that are permitted based on a non-economic rationale. These strategies include dividend trades and synthetic short interest trades. These trades temporarily inflate and distort trading volume and market share when transacted.
Monthly Highlights
- ISE was the largest U.S. equity options exchange in July 2009.
- On July 9, 2009, ISE announced that it enhanced its suite of options education tools with the launch of FX Options TV in partnership with Trading Central, a leading provider of independent financial research, and its media affiliate, New York Financial Press (NYFP).
- ISE traded more volume than any other options exchange in 1,264 of 2,155 issues in its listings.
