The International Securities Exchange (ISE) today reported average daily volume of 2.6 million contracts in June 2010.
Average daily trading volume for all options contracts decreased 32.6% to 2.6 million contracts in June as compared to 3.9 million contracts during the same period in 2009. Total options volume for the month decreased 32.6% to 58.0 million contracts from 86.0 million contracts in the same year-ago period.
On a year-to-date basis, average daily trading volume of all options decreased 19.7% to 3.3 million contracts traded. Total year-to-date options volume through June 2010 decreased 19.7% to 405.6 million contracts from 504.8 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 OptionsĀ® Volume Statistics
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ISE's market share statistics continue to be negatively impacted by dividend trade strategies that are permitted based on a non-economic rationale. These trades temporarily inflate and distort trading volume and market share when transacted.
If the volume from dividend trades were excluded from ISE's data for June 2010, our market share in equity options would increase to 20.8% from 20.0%, an increase of 0.8 market share points. Exclusion of dividend trades from total industry volume data presents a more relevant measure of the relative trends in our business. For ISE's whitepaper on dividend trades and their impact on the options industry, please visit www.ise.com/dividendtrades
Monthly Highlights
- On June 16, 2010, ISE announced that two new members were elected to its Board of Directors. Joseph Sellitto, Chief Executive Officer of Global Execution Brokers, an affiliate of Susquehanna International Group (SIG), and Christianna Wood, Chairperson and member of the Board of Directors for the International Corporate Governance Network, joined the ISE Board. Mr. Sellitto serves as an industry director representing ISE's Electronic Access Members (EAMs) and Ms. Wood serves as a non-industry director.
- On June 16, 2010, ISE announced that Andreas Preuss, Chief Executive Officer of Eurex, was elected to serve as the new Vice Chairman of ISE's Board.
- On June 17, 2010, ISE began publishing dividend trade data on its website.
- ISE traded more volume than any other options exchange in 709 of 2,384 issues in its listings.