Volume Statistics
- ISE's equity options market share was 32% in March, an 18% increase compared to 27% for the same year-ago period.
- Overall, in its listings, ISE traded more volume in 473 of its 626 issues than any other options exchange.
- In March, ISE traded 31.3 million equity options contracts, up 86% from 16.8 million equity options contracts in the same year-ago period. Average daily volume (ADV) in March was 1,360,217 contracts, up 86% from 800,608 contracts in the same year-ago period.
- ISE executed more customer volume in its own listings than any other exchange in March.
- ISE was the lead market in March for options on 23 of the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which represented 73% of the index's total weighting. ISE was the lead market for options on 241 of the stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, which represented 67% of the index's total weighting. ISE was the lead market for options on 315 of the 1000 stocks in the Russell 1000 Index, which represented 63% of the index's total weighting.