Cboe Global Markets Reports Record Options Volume in 2021

A prominent provider of global market infrastructure and tradable products, Cboe Global Markets published its trading metrics for the full year 2021 today. The company reported a jump of nearly 19% in total options volume for 2021.

Cboe Global Markets saw 3 billion options volume contracts last year, which was the highest yearly volume on record. As far as options ADV is concerned, the number touched a new all-time high of 12.1 million traded contracts per day in 2021.

In terms of futures contracts, the company reported ADV in VIX futures of 227,000 contracts during December 2021. For the full year, more than 54 million contracts were traded. Cboe FX spot market share increased to 16.7% in 2021. The recent jump in FX spot market share is the 5th consecutive year of market share growth for the company.

“NDF trading volumes on Cboe SEF increased 4x from 2020, capped by ADNV of $725 million for fourth-quarter 2021. ADV in S&P 500 Index (SPX) options was 1.6 million contracts in December, up 45 percent from December 2020. For the year, 345 million SPX options contracts were traded in total, with an ADV of 1.4 million contracts. ADV in Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) options was approximately 631,000 contracts in December, up 60 percent from December 2020. For the year, 132 million contracts were traded in total, with an ADV of more than 522,000 contracts,” Cboe Global Markets noted.

In Q3 2021, Cboe Global Markets witnessed strong growth in the company's net revenues. The operator posted $370 million in net revenues during the third quarter.

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Volumes across the US and European Equities increased sharply in 2021. For the full year, Cboe Global Markets reported total notional value traded through Retail Priority of $2.5 trillion. “Total volume traded through Cboe's Retail Priority program was more than 71 billion shares in 2021. Cboe LIS, Cboe Europe's block trading platform, reported record ADNV traded of €432 million in 2021,” the operator added.