October 4, 2016

MIAX Options Reports September 2016 Trading Activity; Remains #1 in Time at NBBO for Both All Option Classes and Penny Pilot Option Classes for August 2016

Princeton, N.J. – October 4, 2016 – MIAX Options Exchange today announced that over 22.9 million contracts were executed on MIAX Options in September 2016, equating to an average daily volume (ADV) of over 1 million contracts. The September volume represents a 1.6% increase from the 22.5+ million contracts executed in August 2016 and a 14.1% increase from the 20.1+ million contracts executed in September 2015. MIAX Options’ year-to-date total as of September 2016 of over 191 million contracts represents a 2.4% increase over the 186+ million contracts achieved during the same time period in 2015. MIAX Options’ September equity options market share of 7.20% represents an 11.6% increase from the 6.45% achieved in September 2015 and a 7.8% decrease from the 7.81% achieved in August 2016. For the entire U.S. equity options industry, September’s ADV for its 21 trading days was over 15.1 million contracts, or an 2.3% increase from September 2015’s ADV of over 14.8 million contracts for its 21 trading days.

Other achievements include:

  • During August 2016, MIAX Options ranked #1 out of all U.S. equity options exchanges in percentage of time at the National Best Bid/Offer (NBBO) in aggregate across all option classes. This marked the thirteenth month in a row that MIAX Options achieved this distinction.

  • During August 2016, MIAX Options ranked #1 out of all U.S. equity options exchanges in percentage of time at the NBBO in aggregate across all Penny Pilot option classes. This marked the twelfth month in a row that MIAX Options achieved this distinction. Statistics for both all option classes and Penny Pilot option classes were provided by the TABB Group.

https://www.miaxglobal.com/sites/default/files/press_release-files/MIAX_Press_Release_09012016.pdf

 

Corporate Communications Contact:

Dominique Prunetti-Miller

(609) 897-1465

dprunetti@miami-holdings.com

 

About MIAX Options and MIH

MIAX Options is a fully electronic options trading exchange. MIAX Options has assembled a team with deep rooted experience in developing, operating and trading on options exchanges. Its trading platform has been developed in-house and designed from the ground up for the unique functional and performance demands of derivatives trading. MIAX Options now lists and trades options on over 2,600 multi-listed classes. MIAX Options’ unparalleled system throughput is approximately 38 million quotes per second. The average latency for a single quote on MIAX Options is approximately 16.21 microseconds for a full round trip. At the 99th percentile, the latency on MIAX Options is approximately 23.90 microseconds. At the 99.9th percentile, the latency on MIAX Options is approximately 53.71 microseconds. The executive offices and technology development center as well as the National Operations Center for the MIAX Options are located in Princeton, New Jersey.

MIAX Options, Miami International Technologies, LLC (MIAX Technologies), MIAX Global, LLC (MIAX Global) and MIAX PEARL, LLC (MIAX PEARL) are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Miami International Holdings, Inc. (MIH). MIAX Technologies is MIH’s technology subsidiary for the sale and/or license of the trading technology developed by MIAX Options. MIAX Global focuses on merger, acquisition and joint venture activities of MIH. MIAX Global also provides technology and other services outside of North America, with its initial concentration being on Europe and Latin America. MIAX PEARL will be MIH’s second fully electronic options trading exchange and will leverage the industry leading technology and infrastructure developed by MIAX Options to employ a price-time allocation model. MIAX PEARL is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2017, pending approval from the SEC.

 

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