U.S listed options volume was flat in January after a solid uptick in December.
According to Tabb Group, U.S. listed options volume was off just slightly, 0.4%, in January coming in at 353 million shares versus 355 million shares in December. November listed options activity was 294.8 million.
However, year-over-year volume fell 9.4% compared to January 2014’s 389.8 million contracts.
TABB Options LiquidityMatrix is a monthly analysis of options market activity published by TABB Group with analysis and statistics from Hanweck Associates. The report includes options trading volumes and statistics on execution metrics for each US listed options exchange and the industry, using data sourced from the OCC and Premium Hosted Database (PhD),a joint offering from Hanweck Associates and the International Securities Exchange (ISE).
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