New record for option volume with an average 45.2 million contracts trading in January

Discussion in 'Options' started by ETJ, Feb 2, 2023.

  1. ETJ

    ETJ

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    Henry Schwartz(He/Him) • 1stVice President, Global Head of Client Engagement, Data & Access Solutions at Cboe Global Markets



    • New record for option volume with an average 45.2 million contracts trading in January 2023. At this rate we could see 11.4B contracts annually, 10% above 2022 (and 229% the Jan 2019 level).
      Top Products Jan 2023

      Symbol Option Volume Premium min(close) max(close)
      SPY 174.9M $46.4B $379.38 $405.68
      TSLA 62.9M $91.8B $108.10 $177.90
      QQQ 56.1M $25.7B $261.58 $296.26
      .SPX 52.9M $155.8B $3,808.10 $4,070.56
      AAPL 25.0M $11.9B $125.02 $145.93
      AMZN 22.7M $24.2B $83.12 $102.24
      IWM 16.0M $4.5B $173.40 $189.58
      .VIX 11.4M $1.1B $18.35 $22.90
      NVDA 11.4M $10.7B $142.65 $203.65
      BBBY 10.4M $575.6M $1.31 $5.24
      HYG 9.8M $1.1B $73.77 $76.64
      EEM 9.5M $2.3B $38.22 $42.50
      MSFT 9.5M $7.4B $222.31 $248.16
      META 8.6M $12.4B $124.74 $151.74
      AMD 8.5M $5.3B $62.33 $76.53
      TQQQ 8.5M $697.3M $16.36 $23.33
      AMC 7.7M $768.2M $3.85 $6.07
      NFLX 6.4M $12.1B $294.95 $367.96
      FXI 6.3M $764.6M $29.32 $33.29
      BABA 6.3M $12.4B $91.98 $120.57

      Great work by operators Cboe Global Markets ICE Nasdaq Miami International Holdings BOX Options Market LLC and OCC #optionstrading #retailparticipation
     
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  3. GotherL

    GotherL

    Put/call ratio on SPY at that time?