Volume Statistics
- ISE's equity options market share was 34% in June, a 13% increase compared to 30% for the same year-ago period.
- Overall, in its listings, ISE traded more volume in 480 of its 688 issues than any other options exchange.
- In June, ISE traded 25.5 million equity options contracts, up 14.6% from 22.3 million equity options contracts in the same year-ago period. In June, average daily volume (ADV) in equity options was 1,216,607 contracts, up 14.6% from an ADV of 1,061,678 equity options contracts in the same year-ago period.
- ISE executed more customer volume in its own listings than any other exchange in June. ISE set a new record for customer volume market share in its own listings in June, with 33%, surpassing its previous record of 31% in April 2004.
Monthly Highlights
- ISE was the lead market in June for options on 24 of the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which represented 81% of the index's total weighting. ISE was the lead market for options on 248 of the stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, which represented 68% of the index's total weighting. ISE was the lead market for options on 325 of the 1000 stocks in the Russell 1000 Index, which represented 64% of the index's total weighting.
ISE Background
The International Securities Exchange, the world's largest equity options exchange, was founded on the principle that technology fosters and infuses new efficiencies and operational innovations into securities trading. After developing an innovative market structure that integrated auction market principles into an advanced screen-based trading system, ISE launched the first fully electronic US options exchange in June 2000. ISE continually enhances its trading systems to provide investors with the best marketplace to execute their options orders. For more information about ISE, its products and its technology, visit www.iseoptions.com.
