November 2, 2015

MIAX Options Reports October 2015 Trading Activity; Ranks #1 in Time at NBBO for Both All Option Classes and Penny Pilot Option Classes for September 2015

Princeton, NJ – November 2, 2015 – MIAX Options Exchange (MIAX®) today announced that over 22.6 million contracts were executed on MIAX in October 2015, which equates to an average daily volume of over 1 million contracts. The over 22.6 million contracts executed represents a 41% increase from the approximately 16 million contracts executed in October 2014 and a 12.7% increase from the over 20 million contracts executed in September 2015. MIAX’s October equity options market share of 7.00% represents a 90% increase from the 3.68% achieved in October 2014 and an 8.53% increase from 6.45% achieved in September 2015.

Other achievements include:

  • During September 2015, MIAX 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 second month in a row that MIAX achieved this distinction.
  • During September 2015, MIAX 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 for September 2015. This marked the first time ever that MIAX was ranked #1 in this category. Statistics for both all option classes and Penny Pilot option classes were provided by the TABB Group.

For further information regarding the MIAX Exchange Group, please visit www.MIAXOptions.com or contact MIAX Trading Operations at TradingOperations@MIAXOptions.com.

 

Corporate Communications Contact:

Dominique Prunetti-Miller

(609) 897-1465

dprunetti@miami-holdings.com

 

About MIAX Options and MIH

MIAX Options, which commenced operations on December 7, 2012, is a fully electronic options trading exchange approved by the SEC as a national securities exchange on December 3, 2012. 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 2,300 multi-listed classes. MIAX Option’s unparalleled system throughput is approximately 27 million quotes per second. The average latency for a single quote on MIAX Options is approximately 28.89 microseconds for a full round trip. At the 99th percentile, the latency on MIAX Options is approximately 43.90 microseconds. At the 99.9th percentile, the latency on MIAX Options is approximately 79.01 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) and MIAX Global, LLC (MIAX Global) are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Miami International Holdings, Inc. (MIH). MIAX Technologies is MIH’s technology subsidiary for the sale and/or license of MIAX trading technology. 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.

 

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