U.S. Options
- ADV in February across Cboe’s four U.S. options exchanges was an all-time high of 18.0 million contracts, driven by:
- A record multiply-listed options ADV of 13.6 million
- S&P 500 Index (SPX) options ADV of 3.5 million contracts, the highest month on record
- Several new single-day records were set on February 21, including:
- Total U.S. options volume of 25.7 million contracts across Cboe’s four options exchanges
- SPX options volume of 4.7 million contracts, eclipsing the previous single-day record from December 2023
- 2.6 million zero-days-to-expiry (0DTE) SPX contracts
Futures
- On February 27, Cboe® iBoxx® iShares® $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index futures (IBIG) saw its largest ever block trade of 2,200 contracts ($309 million notional), helping open interest exceed $479 million notional for the first time.
Cboe Europe
- Cboe BIDS Europe, Cboe Europe’s block trading platform, reported monthly records for total notional traded (€15.4 billion) and average daily notional value (€771.3 million).
Full details are available here.
Source: Cboe
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