S&P 500 Index (SPX) options set a new monthly ADV record of 2.3 million contracts in June, surpassing the previous record of 2.2 million in May 2022, according to the latest Cboe Global Markets Monthly Volume & RPC/Net Revenue Capture Report. Total volume for the month reached nearly 48 million contracts.
SPX Weeklies Tuesday- and Thursday-expiring options continued their strong debut, with approximately 5.1 million Tuesdays options and 4.4 million Thursdays options traded in June.
Cboe Europe Equities meanwhile had an overall market share of 23.5 per cent in June, the highest month since August 2018m while Cboe BIDS Europe, Cboe's European block trading platform, had a 33 per cent share of the LIS (large-in-scale) market, making it the largest platform of its type.
Cboe Europe Derivatives (CEDX) traded 1,872 contracts during June, up from 1,475 during May.
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