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
