Cboe FX saw record spot average daily volume (ADV) of USD42.6 billion in January, surpassing its previous record of USD38.2 billion ADV set in September 2014. Cboe FX's London matching engine reached record ADV of USD9.1 billion in January, up 263 per cent from January 2017.
In addition, the Cboe Periodic Auctions book reported a record month of volume, trading more than EUR6.5 billion during January. Cboe LIS, a European large-in-scale block trading platform powered by BIDS technology, reported another record month in January with more than EUR4.5 billion traded on the platform.
Trading of options on the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) at Cboe Options Exchange also set new total monthly volume and average daily volume (ADV) records in January. The new all-time highs in total volume and average daily volume of 20.9 million and 996,179 contracts, respectively, surpassed the previous records of 20.8 million and 990,289 contracts from August 2015.
The company plans to report its average revenue per contract and net revenue capture data for the three months ended 31 December 2017, in its quarterly earnings news release, which is expected to be issued on Friday 9 February 2018.
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