MIAX Sapphire Reaches 1.7% Market Share in October 2024
MIAMI AND PRINCETON, N.J. — November 7, 2024 — Miami International Holdings, Inc. (MIH), a technology-driven leader in building and operating regulated financial markets across multiple asset classes, today reported October 2024 trading results for its U.S. exchange subsidiaries – MIAX®, MIAX Pearl®, MIAX Emerald® and MIAX SapphireTM (collectively, the MIAX Exchange Group), and MIAX FuturesTM.
 
October 2024 and Year-to-Date Trading Volume and Market Share Highlights
 

• Total multi-listed options volume for the MIAX Exchange Group reached 156.1 million contracts, a 21.7% increase year-over-year (YoY). October 2024 market share reached 15.3%, a 5.2% increase YoY. Total year-to-date (YTD) volume reached 1.4 billion contracts, a 1.8% increase from the same period in 2023.
• MIAX Sapphire reached a monthly volume of 17.2 million contracts, with October 2024 market share reaching 1.7%. On October 25, MIAX Sapphire set a daily volume record of 1.0 million contracts with a daily market share record of 2.0%. MIAX Sapphire launched trading on August 12, listing a single class for the first week and additional classes in multiple phases on a weekly schedule through the week of October 21, with over 3,800 classes now available for trading.
• MIAX Options reached a monthly volume of 61.4 million contracts, a 22.2% increase YoY. October 2024 market share reached 6.0%, a 5.6% increase YoY. Total YTD volume reached a record 567.4 million contracts, a 6.2% increase from the same period in 2023.
• MIAX Pearl Options reached a monthly volume of 32.7 million contracts, a 38.7% decrease YoY. October 2024 market share reached 3.2%, a 47.0% decrease YoY. Total YTD volume reached 404.7 million contracts, a 26.8% decrease from the same period in 2023.
• MIAX Emerald Options reached a monthly volume of 44.8 million contracts, an 81.4% increase YoY. October 2024 market share reached 4.4%, a 56.8% increase YoY. Total YTD volume reached a record 361.4 million contracts, a 43.9% increase from the same period in 2023.
• In U.S. equities, MIAX Pearl Equities™ reached a monthly volume of 4.4 billion shares, a 21.0% decrease YoY and representing a market share of 1.6%, a 31.0% decrease YoY. Total YTD volume reached a record 42.3 billion shares, an 11.4% increase from the same period in 2023. YTD market share reached 1.7%, a 3.5% increase from the same period in 2023.
• In U.S. futures, MIAX Futures, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), reached a monthly volume of 237,249 contracts, a 0.5% decrease YoY.

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About MIAX
MIAX’s parent holding company, Miami International Holdings, Inc., owns Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC (MIAX®), MIAX PEARL, LLC (MIAX Pearl®), MIAX Emerald, LLC (MIAX Emerald®), MIAX Sapphire, LLC (MIAX Sapphire™), MIAX Futures Exchange, LLC (MIAX FuturesTM), LedgerX LLC d/b/a MIAX Derivatives Exchange (MIAXdx™), The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) and Dorman Trading, LLC (Dorman Trading).
 
MIAX, MIAX Pearl, MIAX Emerald and MIAX Sapphire are national securities exchanges registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission that are enabled by MIAX’s in-house built, proprietary technology. MIAX offers trading of options on all four exchanges as well as cash equities through MIAX Pearl Equities™. The MIAX trading platform was built to meet the high-performance quoting demands of the U.S. options trading industry and is differentiated by throughput, latency, reliability and wire-order determinism.
 
MIAX Futures is a registered exchange with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and offers trading in a variety of products including Minneapolis Hard Red Spring Wheat Futures. MIAX Futures is a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO) under the CFTC, providing DCM and DCO services in an array of asset classes.
 
MIAXdx is a CFTC regulated exchange and clearinghouse and is registered as a DCM, DCO, and Swap Execution Facility (SEF) with the CFTC.
 
BSX is a fully electronic, vertically integrated international securities market headquartered in Bermuda and organized in 1971. BSX specializes in the listing and trading of capital market instruments such as equities, debt issues, funds, hedge funds, derivative warrants, and insurance linked securities.
 
Dorman Trading is a full-service Futures Commission Merchant registered with the CFTC.
 
MIAX’s executive offices and National Operations Center are located in Princeton, N.J., with additional U.S. offices located in Chicago, IL and Miami, FL. MIAX Futures offices are located in Minneapolis, MN. MIAXdx offices are located in Princeton, N.J. BSX offices are located in Hamilton, Bermuda. Dorman Trading offices are located in Chicago, IL.
 
To learn more about MIAX visit www.miaxglobal.com.
 
To learn more about MIAX Futures visit www.miaxglobal.com/miax-futures.
 
To learn more about MIAXdx visit www.miaxdx.com.
 
To learn more about BSX visit www.bsx.com.
 
To learn more about Dorman Trading visit www.dormantrading.com.

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