|   October Volume and Market Share Options volume down 15% year-over-year for October Exchange-listed options volume reached 309,614,715 contracts in October, a 15 percent decrease from October 2015. Year-to-date average daily options volume is down four percent from 2015 with 15,964,442 contracts. Equity options volume last month was 279,141,501 contracts, a 14 percent decrease from October 2015. This includes cleared ETF options volume of 120,263,018 contracts last month, down ten percent from October 2015 volume of 133,212,801 contracts. Index options volume in October was down 20 percent from a year ago with 30,473,214 contracts. Here is how the details played out:
| Exchange | Equity | Index/Other | Exchange Total | | Â | Volume | Market Share | Volume | Market Share | Volume | Market Share | | AMEX | 22,626,083 | 8.11% | 666 | 0.00% | 22,626,749 | 7.31%
| | ARCA | 29,460,572 | 10.55% | 8,535 | 0.03% | 29,469,107 |
9.52% | | BATS | 32,948,593 | 11.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 32,948,593 |
10.64% | | BOX | 7,929,419 | 2.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,929,419 |
2.56% | | C2 | 9,221,776 | 3.30% | 199,206 | 0.65% | 9,420,982 |
3.04% | | CBOE | 47,738,835 | 17.10% | 30,025,839 | 98.53% | 77,764,674 |
25.12% | | EDGX | 3,575,342 | 1.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,575,342 |
1.15% | | GEM | 5,015,129 | 1.80% | 610 | 0.00% | 5,015,739 |
1.62% | | ISE | 32,433,958 | 11.62% | 17,106 | 0.06% | 32,451,064 |
10.48% | | MCRY | 691,151 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 691,151 |
0.22% | | MIAX | 18,706,896 | 6.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 18,706,896 |
6.04% | | NOBO | 1,814,865 | 0.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,814,865 |
0.59% | | NSDQ | 25,375,041 | 9.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 25,375,041 |
8.20% | | PHLX | 41,603,841 | 14.90% | 221,252 | 0.73% | 41,825,093 |
13.51% | | OCC Totals | 279,141,501 | 100.00% | 30,473,214 | 100.00% | 309,614,715 |
100.00% |
Source: OCC
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