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Miami International Holdings Reports Trading Results For March 2025; Options Volume Jumps 26.8% With MIAX Futures Volume Up 80.4%

Date 08/04/2025

Miami International Holdings, Inc. (MIH), a technology-driven leader in building and operating regulated financial markets across multiple asset classes, today reported March 2025 trading results for its U.S. exchange subsidiaries—MIAX®, MIAX Pearl®, MIAX Emerald® and MIAX Sapphire™ (collectively, the MIAX Exchange Group), and MIAX Futures™.

March 2025 Trading Volume and Market Share Highlights

  • Total multi-listed options volume for the MIAX Exchange Group reached 173.6 million contracts in March 2025, a 26.8% increase year-over-year (YoY) and bringing total year-to-date (YTD) volume to a record 514.9 million contracts. March 2025 market share reached 15.6%, a 2.2% decrease YoY.
  • MIAX Sapphire reached a record monthly volume of 23.4 million contracts, with March 2025 market share reaching 2.1%. MIAX Sapphire launched trading on August 12, 2024 and now has over 3,800 classes available for trading.
  • MIAX Options reached a record monthly volume of 76.4 million contracts, a 38.6% increase YoY. March 2025 market share reached 6.8%, a 6.9% increase YoY. MIAX Options YTD volume and market share reached record levels at 219.5 million contracts and 6.8%, respectively.
  • MIAX Pearl Options reached a monthly volume of 31.4 million contracts, a 35.1% decrease YoY. March 2025 market share reached 2.8%, a 49.9% decrease YoY.
  • MIAX Emerald reached a monthly volume of 42.5 million contracts, a 26.7% increase YoY. March 2025 market share reached 3.8%, a 2.3% decrease YoY. MIAX Emerald YTD volume and market share reached record levels at 134.3 million contracts and 4.2%, respectively.  
  • In U.S. equities, MIAX Pearl Equities™ reached a monthly volume of 3.4 billion shares, a 23.6% decrease YoY and representing a market share of 1.0%, a 45.3% decrease YoY.
  • In U.S. futures, MIAX Futures, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), reached a monthly volume of 309,006 contracts, an 80.4% increase YoY. MIAX Futures YTD volume reached a record 1.1 million contracts in Q1 2025.

Additional MIAX Exchange Group and MIAX Futures trading volume and market share information are included in the tables below.


Multi-Listed Options Trading Volume for

MIAX Exchange Group, Current Month

Year-to-Date Comparison

Multi-Listed Options
Contracts

Mar-25

Mar-24

% Chg

Feb-25

% Chg

Mar-25

Mar-24

% Chg

Trading Days

21

20


19


60

61


U.S. Equity Options Industry

1,116,829,888

861,219,614

29.7 %

1,036,704,528

7.7 %

3,216,233,061

2,641,960,518

21.7 %

MIAX Exchange Group

173,627,993

136,950,995

26.8 %

163,865,848

6.0 %

514,903,445

422,730,969

21.8 %

MIAX Options

76,372,997

55,108,636

38.6 %

69,154,854

10.4 %

219,528,358

170,277,384

28.9 %

MIAX Pearl

31,361,142

48,290,830

-35.1 %

30,512,227

2.8 %

95,296,427

153,535,300

-37.9 %

MIAX Emerald

42,508,956

33,551,529

26.7 %

42,343,906

0.4 %

134,309,168

98,918,285

35.8 %

MIAX Sapphire

23,384,898

-

-

21,854,861

7.0 %

65,769,492

-

-

Multi-Listed Options ADV

Mar-25

Mar-24

% Chg

Feb-25

% Chg

Mar-25

Mar-24

% Chg

U.S. Equity Options Industry

53,182,376

43,060,981

23.5 %

54,563,396

-2.5 %

53,603,884

43,310,828

23.8 %

MIAX Exchange Group

8,268,000

6,847,550

20.7 %

8,624,518

-4.1 %

8,581,724

6,930,016

23.8 %

MIAX Options

3,636,809

2,755,432

32.0 %

3,639,729

-0.1 %

3,658,806

2,791,433

31.1 %

MIAX Pearl

1,493,388

2,414,542

-38.2 %

1,605,907

-7.0 %

1,588,274

2,516,972

-36.9 %

MIAX Emerald

2,024,236

1,677,576

20.7 %

2,228,627

-9.2 %

2,238,486

1,621,611

38.0 %

MIAX Sapphire

1,113,567

-

-

1,150,256

-3.2 %

1,096,158

-

-


Multi-Listed Options Market Share for

MIAX Exchange Group, Current Month

Year-to-Date Comparison

Multi-Listed Options Market
Share

Mar-25

Mar-24

% Chg

Feb-25

% Chg

Mar-25

Mar-24

% Chg

MIAX Exchange Group

15.55 %

15.90 %

-2.2 %

15.81 %

-1.6 %

16.01 %

16.00 %

0.1 %

MIAX Options

6.84 %

6.40 %

6.9 %

6.67 %

2.5 %

6.83 %

6.45 %

5.9 %

MIAX Pearl

2.81 %

5.61 %

-49.9 %

2.94 %

-4.6 %

2.96 %

5.81 %

-49.0 %

MIAX Emerald

3.81 %

3.90 %

-2.3 %

4.08 %

-6.8 %

4.18 %

3.74 %

11.5 %

MIAX Sapphire

2.09 %

-

-

2.11 %

-0.7 %

2.04 %

-

-


(1) MIAX Sapphire launched trading on August 12, 2024, listing a single class for the first week and additional classes in multiple phases on a weekly schedule through the week of October 21, 2024.


Equities Trading Volume for
MIAX Pearl Equities, Current Month

Year-to-Date Comparison

Equities Shares (millions)

Mar-25

Mar-24

% Chg

Feb-25

% Chg

Mar-25

Mar-24

% Chg

Trading Days

21

20


19


60

61


U.S. Equities Industry

336,175

240,460

39.8 %

296,744

13.3 %

941,688

717,786

31.2 %

MIAX Pearl Volume

3,427

4,485

-23.6 %

3,233

6.0 %

10,557

13,152

-19.7 %

MIAX Pearl ADV

163

224

-27.2 %

170

-4.1 %

176

216

-18.4 %

MIAX Pearl Market Share

1.02 %

1.87 %

-45.3 %

1.09 %

-6.4 %

1.12 %

1.83 %

-38.8 %



Futures and Options Trading Volume for
MIAX Futures, Current Month

Year-to-Date Comparison

Futures & Options Contracts

Mar-25

Mar-24

% Chg

Feb-25

% Chg

Mar-25

Mar-24

% Chg

Trading Days

21

20


19


61

61


MIAX Futures Volume

309,006

171,307

80.4 %

461,996

-33.1 %

1,098,116

721,254

52.3 %

MIAX Futures ADV

14,715

8,565

71.8 %

24,316

-39.5 %

18,002

11,824

52.3 %

MIAX Futures Open Interest

95,158

75,737

25.6 %

82,244

15.7 %