• 04 Apr, 2025

Cboe Global Markets Reports Trading Volume for March 2025

Cboe Global Markets Reports Trading Volume for March 2025

CHICAGO, April 3, 2025 -- Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the world's leading derivatives and securities exchange network, today reported March trading volume statistics across its global business lines and provided guidance for selected revenue per contract/net revenue capture metrics for the first quarter of 2025.

The data sheet "Cboe Global Markets Monthly Volume & RPC/Net Revenue Capture Report" contains an overview of certain March trading statistics and market share by business segment, volume in select index products, and RPC/net capture, which is reported on a one-month lag, across business lines.

Average Daily Trading Volume (ADV) by Month

Year-To-Date










Mar

2025

Mar

2024

%

Chg

Feb
 2025

%  
 Chg

Mar

2025

Mar

2024

%  
 Chg

Multiply-listed options (contracts, k)

13,529

10,570

28.0 %

13,556

-0.2 %

13,412

10,744

24.8 %

Index options (contracts, k)

5,270

4,057

29.9 %

4,469

17.9 %

4,771

4,089

16.7 %

Futures (contracts, k)

285

217

31.3 %

241

18.1 %

250

220

13.4 %

U.S. Equities - On-Exchange (matched shares, mn)

1,617

1,464

10.5 %

1,673

-3.4 %

1,642

1,510

8.7 %

U.S. Equities - Off-Exchange (matched shares, mn)

92

81

13.6 %

97

-5.2 %

91

82

10.4 %

Canadian Equities (matched shares, k)

153,961

159,704

-3.6 %

166,261

-7.4 %

159,593

146,253

9.1 %

European Equities (€, mn)

16,422

10,248

60.3 %

13,718

19.7 %

13,818

9,918

39.3 %

Cboe Clear Europe Cleared Trades (k)

157,411

96,734

62.7 %

131,723

19.5 %

412,072

294,326

40.0 %

Cboe Clear Europe Net Settlements (k)

1,130

828

36.5 %

1,021

10.6 %

3,201

2,525

26.8 %

Australian Equities (AUD, mn)

900

814

10.5 %

914

-1.6 %

820

765

7.2 %

Japanese Equities (JPY, bn)

312

357

-12.8 %

335

-7.0 %

324

316

2.5 %

Global FX ($, mn)

54,784

47,346

15.7 %

50,699

8.1 %

51,926

45,256

14.7 %

March and First Quarter 2025 Trading Volume Highlights   

U.S. Options

  • Total volume across Cboe's four options exchanges in the first quarter achieved an all-time high of 1.1 billion contracts, with an ADV of 18.2 million contracts traded, and included a multiply-listed options ADV record of 13.4 million contracts.
  • In March, ADV across Cboe's four options exchanges hit a monthly record of 18.8 million contracts traded.
  • Cboe's proprietary product suite set several new trading volume records for the month and quarter, including:
    • New quarterly overall proprietary index options ADV record of 4.8 million contracts
    • New monthly overall proprietary index options ADV record of 5.3 million contracts
    • New quarterly S&P 500 Index (SPX) options ADV record of 3.6 million contracts
    • New monthly SPX options ADV record of 3.9 million contracts
    • New single-day SPX options record of 4.8 million contracts, set on March 10
    • New quarterly XSP (Mini-SPX) options ADV record of 105 thousand contracts

European Equities

  • In March, Cboe Europe achieved a record high average daily notional value (ADNV) during continuous trading of €16.2 billion.
  • Cboe BIDS Europe, Cboe's European block trading platform, reported a monthly ADNV record of €836.0 million.

Global FX

  • Global FX reported a record monthly Spot Full Amount ADNV of $15.9 billion.

First-Quarter 2025 RPC/Net Revenue Capture Guidance
The projected RPC/net capture metrics for the first quarter of 2025 are estimated, preliminary and may change. There can be no assurance that our final RPC for the three months ended March 31, 2025, will not differ materially from these projections.

(In USD unless stated otherwise) 


Three-Months Ended 

 Product: 

1Q Projection

Feb-25

Jan-25

Dec-24

Multiply-Listed Options (per contract)

$0.067

$0.063

$0.064

$0.064

Index Options

$0.908

$0.913

$0.904

$0.905

Total Options

$0.288

$0.278

$0.277

$0.281

Futures (per contract)

$1.743

$1.756

$1.760

$1.765

U.S. Equities - Exchange (per 100 touched shares)

$0.014

$0.015

$0.016

$0.018

U.S. Equities - Off-Exchange (per 100 touched shares)

$0.117

$0.120

$0.124

$0.126

Canadian Equities (per 10,000 touched shares)

CAD 4.294

CAD 3.921

CAD 3.920

CAD 4.008

European Equities (per matched notional value)

0.252

0.261

0.263

0.261

Australian Equities (per matched notional value)

0.156

0.154

0.153

0.154

Japanese Equities (per matched notional value)

0.243

0.241

0.231

0.233

Global FX (per one million dollars traded)

$2.810

$2.811

$2.767

$2.724

Cboe Clear Europe Fee per Trade Cleared

€ 0.008

€ 0.008

€ 0.008

€ 0.008

Cboe Clear Europe Net Fee per Settlement

€ 0.950

€ 0.988

€ 0.997

€ 1.002

The above represents average revenue per contract (RPC) or net capture is based on a three-month rolling average, reported on a one-month lag. Average transaction fees per contract can be affected by various factors, including exchange fee rates, volume-based discounts and transaction mix by contract type and product type.

  • For Options and Futures, the average RPC represents total net transaction fees recognized for the period divided by total contracts traded during the period for options exchanges: BZX Options, Cboe Options, C2 Options and EDGX Options; futures include contracts traded on Cboe Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE).
  • For U.S. Equities, "net capture per 100 touched shares" refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments and routing and clearing costs divided by the product of one-hundredth ADV of touched shares on BZX, BYX, EDGX and EDGA and the number of trading days for the period.
  • For U.S. Equities – Off-Exchange, "net capture per 100 touched shares" refers to transaction fees less OMS/EMS costs and clearing costs divided by the product of one-hundredth ADV of touched shares on BIDS Trading and the number of trading days for the period.
  • For Canadian Equities, "net capture per 10,000 touched shares" refers to transaction fees divided by the product of one-ten thousandth ADV of shares for Cboe Canada and the number of trading days for the period and includes revenue.
  • For European Equities, "net capture per matched notional value" refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments in British pounds divided by the product of ADNV in British pounds of shares matched on Cboe Europe Equities and the number of trading days.
  • For Australian Equities, "net capture per matched notional value" refers to transaction fees less trading fee relief in Australian Dollars divided by the product of ADNV in Australian Dollars of shares matched on Cboe Australia and the number of trading days.
  • For Japanese Equities, "net capture per matched notional value" refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments in Japanese Yen divided by the product of ADNV in Japanese Yen of shares matched on Cboe Japan and the number of trading days.
  • For Global FX, "net capture per one million dollars traded" refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments, if any, divided by the Spot and SEF products of one-thousandth of ADNV traded on the Cboe FX Markets and the number of trading days, divided by two, which represents the buyer and seller that are both charged on the transaction.
  • For Cboe Clear Europe, "Fee per Trade Cleared" refers to clearing fees divided by number of non-interoperable trades cleared and "Net Fee per Settlement" refers to settlement fees less direct costs incurred to settle divided by the number of settlements executed after netting.

About Cboe Global Markets
Cboe Global Markets (Cboe: CBOE), the world's leading derivatives and securities exchange network, delivers cutting-edge trading, clearing and investment solutions to people around the world. Cboe provides trading solutions and products in multiple asset classes, including equities, derivatives and FX across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Above all, we are committed to building a trusted, inclusive global marketplace that enables people to pursue a sustainable financial future. To learn more about the Exchange for the World Stage, visit www.cboe.com.

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