Cboe Global Markets Reports Trading Volume for December and Full Year 2021

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Cboe Global Markets reported strong trading volumes for December and full year 2021, showcasing a robust performance across multiple product lines. December 2021 saw a significant 8.1% increase in multiply-listed options average daily volume (ADV) compared to December 2020, totaling 9,888 contracts. Full-year total options volume reached 3.0 billion contracts, a record high, up 19% from 2020. The S&P 500 Index options ADV surged 45% year-over-year, with the company also reporting notable growth in futures and equities trading, despite some declines in off-exchange and Canadian equities.

Positive

• Record total options volume of 3.0 billion contracts for 2021, up 19% from 2020.
• S&P 500 Index options ADV increased by 45% year-over-year in December.
• Total volume traded through Cboe's Retail Priority program grew by 108%, exceeding 71 billion shares in 2021.

Negative

• U.S. Equities - On-Exchange ADV decreased by 9% in December compared to the previous year.
• Canadian Equities ADV dropped by 31.1% year-over-year in December.

CHICAGO, Jan. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), a leading provider of global market infrastructure and tradable products, today reported December monthly and full year 2021 trading volume statistics and projected rate per contract/net revenue capture for the fourth quarter of 2021 across its global business lines.

The data sheet "Cboe Global Markets Monthly Volume & RPC/Net Revenue Capture Report" contains an overview of certain December and full-year trading statistics and market share by business segment, volume in select index products, and full quarter RPC/net capture across business lines.

Trading Volume for Current Month						Full Year
	Dec	Dec	%	Nov	%			%
	2021	2020	Chg	2021	Chg	2021	2020	Chg
Multiply-listed options ADV (contracts, k)	9,888	9,146	8.1%	11,436	-13.5%	10,084	8,318	21.2%
Index options ADV (contracts, k)	2,282	1,530	49.2%	2,167	5.3%	1,971	1,814	8.6%
Futures ADV (contracts, k)	240	153	57.1%	237	1.2%	230	201	14.8%
U.S. Equities - On-Exchange ADV (matched shares, mn)	1,441	1,584	-9.0%	1,472	-2.1%	1,621	1,724	-6.0%
U.S. Equities - Off-Exchange ADV (matched shares, mn)1	78	N/A		98	-20.4%	83	N/A
Canadian Equities ADV (matched shares, k)2	34,588	50,199	-31.1%	45,042	-23.2%	49,391	43,129	14.5%
European Equities ADNV (€, mn)	7,602	5,778	31.6%	10,054	-24.4%	7,698	6,884	11.8%
EuroCCP Total Cleared Trades (k)3	105,787	83,965	26.0%	129,969	-18.6%	1,244,185	545,475	NM
EuroCCP Total Net Settlements (k) 3	908	744	22.0%	923	-1.7%	9,940	4,085	NM
Australian Equities ADNV (AUD, mn)4	656	N/A		807	-18.7%	770	N/A
Japanese Equities ADNV (JPY, bn)4	114	N/A		111	2.7%	100	N/A
Global FX ADNV ($, mn)5	30,496	32,687	-6.7%	35,945	-15.2%	33,903	34,701	-2.3%

1U.S. Equities Off-Exchange data reflects Cboe's acquisition of BIDS Trading effective on December 31, 2020.

2Canadian Equities data reflects Cboe's acquisition of MATCHNow effective on August 4, 2020.

3EuroCCP data reflects Cboe's acquisition of EuroCCP effective on July 1, 2020.

4Data reflects Cboe's acquisition of Chi-X Asia Pacific effective on July 1, 2021; Australian Equities volumes exclude Trade Reporting.

5Global FX metrics continue to include Spot and as of January 2021 include SEF products.

ADV= average daily volume

ADNV= average daily notional value

NM= Not Meaningful

December 2021 and Full Year Trading Volume Highlights

Options

• Total options volume for 2021 was 3.0 billion contracts, the highest yearly volume on record and up 19 percent from 2020.
• Total options ADV reached a new all-time high of 12.1 million contracts traded per day in 2021.
• ADV in S&P 500 Index (SPX) options was 1.6 million contracts in December, up 45 percent from December 2020. For the year, 345 million SPX options contracts were traded in total, with an ADV of 1.4 million contracts.
• ADV in Cboe Volatility Index (VIX®) options was approximately 631,000 contracts in December, up 60 percent from December 2020. For the year, 132 million contracts were traded in total, with an ADV of more than 522,000 contracts.
• MSCI® EAFE® (MXEA) options set a new annual volume record with approximately 392,000 contracts traded in 2021.
• ADV in Russell 2000® Index (RUT) options was nearly 52,000 contracts in 2021, up 51 percent from 2020.

Futures

• ADV in VIX futures was 227,000 contracts in December. For the year, more than 54 million contracts were traded in total, with an ADV of 215,000 contracts.
• Total volume in Mini VIX futures was 3.4 million contracts in 2021, with 13,400 contracts traded per day.
• ADV in Cboe® iBoxx® iShares® $ High Yield Corporate Bond Index (IBHY) futures was 1,084 contracts in 2021, up 101 percent from 2020. Total volume was 273,000 contracts for the year.²
• ADV in Cboe® iBoxx® iShares® $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index (IBIG) futures was 602 contracts in 2021, up 812 percent from 2020. A total of 152,000 contracts were traded for the year.²

Global FX

• Cboe FX spot market share increased to 16.7% in 2021, marking the fifth consecutive year of market share growth.¹
• NDF trading volumes on Cboe SEF increased 4x from 2020, capped by ADNV of $725 million for fourth-quarter 2021.

U.S. Equities

• Total volume traded through Cboe's Retail Priority program was more than 71 billion shares in 2021, up 108 percent from 2020, and representing approximately 283 million shares in ADV.
• For the year, total notional value traded through Retail Priority surpassed $2.5 trillion, up 146 percent from 2020, and representing more than $10 billion in ADNV.

European Equities

• Cboe LIS, Cboe Europe's block trading platform, reported record ADNV traded of €432 million in 2021, up 31 percent on the €330 million ADNV traded in 2020.
• Cboe Europe Periodic Auctions set a record ADNV traded of €1.26 billion in 2021, up 26 percent on the €999 million ADNV traded in 2020.

Fourth-Quarter 2021 RPC/Net Revenue Capture Guidance

The projected RPC/net capture metrics for the fourth quarter of 2021 are estimated, preliminary and may change. There can be no assurance that our final RPC for the three months ended December 31, 2021, will not differ materially from these projections.

(In USD unless stated otherwise)		Three-Months Ended
Product:	4Q Projection	Nov-21	Oct-21	Sep-21	Aug-21
Multiply-Listed Options (per contract)	0.066	0.068	0.068	0.069	0.067
Index Options	0.847	0.857	0.858	0.851	0.844
Total Options	0.200	0.201	0.201	0.200	0.188
Futures (per contract)	1.655	1.647	1.639	1.626	1.631
U.S. Equities - Exchange (per 100 touched shares)	0.025	0.024	0.022	0.020	0.019
U.S. Equities - Off-Exchange (per 100 touched shares)	0.115	0.116	0.122	0.122	0.125
Canadian Equities (per 10,000 touched shares)	CAD 8.48	CAD 8.19	CAD 8.25	CAD 8.34	CAD 8.60
European Equities (per matched notional value)	0.255	0.255	0.262	0.262	0.267
Australian Equities (per matched notional value)	0.169	0.173	0.173	0.173	0.173
Japanese Equities (per matched notional value)	0.358	0.367	0.371	0.364	0.359
Global FX (per one million dollars traded)	2.754	$2.742	$2.772	$2.774	$2.766
EuroCCP Fee per Trade Cleared	0.011	0.011	0.011	0.010	0.010
EuroCCP Net Fee per Settlement	0.883	0.884	0.879	0.869	0.906

The above represents average revenue per contract (RPC) or net capture based on a three-month rolling average. 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 – On-Exchange, "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 MATCHNow and the number of trading days for the period. 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 EuroCCP, "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. For Australian Equities, "net capture per matched notional value" refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments in Australian Dollars divided by the product of ADNV in Australian Dollars of shares matched on Chi-X 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 Chi-X 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. 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.

About Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

Cboe Global Markets (Cboe: CBOE), a leading provider of market infrastructure and tradable products, delivers cutting-edge trading, clearing and investment solutions to market participants around the world. The company is committed to operating a trusted, inclusive global marketplace, providing leading products, technology and data solutions that enable participants to define a sustainable financial future. Cboe provides trading solutions and products in multiple asset classes, including equities, derivatives and FX, across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. To learn more, visit www.cboe.com.

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¹Market Share represents Cboe FX volume divided by the total volume of publicly reporting spot FX venues (Cboe FX, EBS, Refinitiv, and Euronext FX).

²The iBoxx® iShares® $ High Yield Corporate Bond Index and the iBoxx® iShares® $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index (the "Indexes") referenced herein are the property of Markit Indices Limited ("Index Sponsor") and have been licensed for use in connection with Cboe® iBoxx® iShares® $ High Yield Corporate Bond Index Futures and Cboe® iBoxx® iShares® $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Futures. Each party to a Cboe® iBoxx® iShares® $ High Yield Corporate Bond Index Futures or Cboe® iBoxx® iShares® $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Futures transaction acknowledges and agrees that the transaction is not sponsored, endorsed or promoted by the Index Sponsor. The Index Sponsor makes no representation whatsoever, whether express or implied, and hereby expressly disclaims all warranties (including, without limitation, those of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or use), with respect to the Indexes or any data included therein or relating thereto, and in particular disclaims any warranty either as to the quality, accuracy and/or completeness of the Indexes or any data included therein, the results obtained from the use of the Indexes and/or the composition of the Indexes at any particular time on any particular date or otherwise and/or the creditworthiness of any entity, or the likelihood of the occurrence of a credit event or similar event (however defined) with respect to an obligation, in the Indexes at any particular time on any particular date or otherwise. The Index Sponsor shall not be liable (whether in negligence or otherwise) to the parties or any other person for any error in the Indexes, and the Index Sponsor is under no obligation to advise the parties or any person of any error therein.

The Index Sponsor makes no representation whatsoever, whether express or implied, as to the advisability of purchasing or selling Cboe® iBoxx® iShares® $ High Yield Corporate Bond Index Futures and Cboe® iBoxx® iShares® $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Futures, the ability of the Indexes to track relevant markets' performances, or otherwise relating to the Indexes or any transaction or product with respect thereto, or of assuming any risks in connection therewith. The Index Sponsor has no obligation to take the needs of any party into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Indexes. No party purchasing or selling Cboe® iBoxx® iShares® $ High Yield Corporate Bond Index Futures or Cboe® iBoxx® iShares® $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Futures, nor the Index Sponsor, shall have any liability to any party for any act or failure to act by the Index Sponsor in connection with the determination, adjustment, calculation or maintenance of the Indexes. iBoxx® is a service mark of IHS Markit Limited.

The iBoxx® iShares® $ High Yield Corporate Bond Index and the iBoxx® iShares® $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index (the "Indexes") and futures contracts on the Indexes ("Contracts") are not sponsored by, or sold by BlackRock, Inc. or any of its affiliates (collectively, " BlackRock"). BlackRock makes no representation or warranty, express or implied to any person regarding the advisability of investing in securities, generally, or in the Contracts in particular. Nor does BlackRock make any representation or warranty as to the ability of the Index to track the performance of the fixed income securities market, generally, or the performance of HYG, LQD or any subset of fixed income securities.

BlackRock has not calculated, composed or determined the constituents or weightings of the fixed income securities that comprise the Indexes ("Underlying Data"). BlackRock is not responsible for and has not participated in the determination of the prices and amounts of the Contracts, or the timing of the issuance or sale of such Contracts or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the Contracts are to be converted into cash (if applicable). BlackRock has no obligation or liability in connection with the administration or trading of the Contracts. BlackRock does not guarantee the accuracy or the completeness of the Underlying Data and any data included therein and BlackRock shall have no liability for any errors, omissions or interruptions related thereto.

BlackRock makes no warranty, express or implied, as to results to be obtained by Markit or its affiliates, the parties to the Contracts or any other person with respect to the use of the Underlying Data or any data included therein. BlackRock makes no express or implied warranties and expressly disclaims all warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or use with respect to the Underlying Data or any data included therein. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall BlackRock have any liability for any special, punitive, direct, indirect or consequential damages (including lost profits) resulting from the use of the Underlying Data or any data included therein, even if notified of the possibility of such damages.

iShares® is a registered trade mark of BlackRock Fund Advisors and its affiliates.

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Nothing in this announcement should be considered a solicitation to buy or an offer to sell any securities or futures in any jurisdiction where the offer or solicitation would be unlawful under the laws of such jurisdiction. Nothing contained in this communication constitutes tax, legal or investment advice.  Investors must consult their tax adviser or legal counsel for advice and information concerning their particular situation.

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. and its affiliates make no warranty, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, any warranties as of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, completeness or timeliness, the results to be obtained by recipients of the products and services described herein, or as to the ability of the indices referenced in this press release to track the performance of their respective securities, generally, or the performance of the indices referenced in this press release or any subset of their respective securities, and shall not in any way be liable for any inaccuracies, errors. Cboe Global Markets, Inc. and its affiliates have not calculated, composed or determined the constituents or weightings of the securities that comprise the third-party indices referenced in this press release and shall not in any way be liable for any inaccuracies or errors in any of the indices referenced in this press release.

Options involve risk and are not suitable for all market participants. Prior to buying or selling an option, a person should review the Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options (ODD), which is required to be provided to all such persons.  Copies of the ODD are available from your broker or from The Options Clearing Corporation, 125 S. Franklin Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60606. 

Futures trading is not suitable for all investors and involves the risk of loss. That risk of loss can be substantial and can exceed the amount of money deposited for a futures position. You should, therefore, carefully consider whether futures trading is suitable for you in light of your circumstances and financial resources. You should put at risk only funds that you can afford to lose without affecting your lifestyle. For additional information regarding futures trading risks, see the Risk Disclosure Statement set forth in Appendix A to CFTC Regulation 1.55(c) and the Risk Disclosure Statement for Security Futures Contracts.

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We operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible to predict all risks and uncertainties, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.

Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the impact of the novel coronavirus ("COVID-19") pandemic, including changes to trading behavior broadly in the market; the loss of our right to exclusively list and trade certain index options and futures products; economic, political and market conditions; compliance with legal and regulatory obligations; price competition and consolidation in our industry; decreases in trading or clearing volumes, market data fees or a shift in the mix of products traded on our exchanges; legislative or regulatory changes or changes in tax regimes; our ability to protect our systems and communication networks from security risks, cybersecurity risks, insider threats and unauthorized disclosure of confidential information; increasing competition by foreign and domestic entities; our dependence on and exposure to risk from third parties; fluctuations to currency exchange rates; factors that impact the quality and integrity of our indices; our ability to operate our business without violating the intellectual property rights of others and the costs associated with protecting our intellectual property rights; our ability to attract and retain skilled management and other personnel; our ability to minimize the risks, including our credit and default risks, associated with operating a European clearinghouse; our ability to accommodate trading and clearing volume and transaction traffic, including significant increases, without failure or degradation of performance of our systems; misconduct by those who use our markets or our products or for whom we clear transactions; challenges to our use of open source software code; our ability to meet our compliance obligations, including managing potential conflicts between our regulatory responsibilities and our for-profit status; our ability to maintain BIDS Trading as an independently managed and operated trading venue, separate from and not integrated with our registered national securities exchanges; damage to our reputation; the ability of our compliance and risk management methods to effectively monitor and manage our risks; our ability to manage our growth and strategic acquisitions or alliances effectively; restrictions imposed by our debt obligations and our ability to make payments on or refinance our debt obligations; our ability to maintain an investment grade credit rating; impairment of our goodwill, long-lived assets, investments or intangible assets; and the accuracy of our estimates and expectations. More detailed information about factors that may affect our actual results to differ may be found in our filings with the SEC, including in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 and other filings made from time to time with the SEC.

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FAQ

What were CBOE's trading volume statistics for December 2021?

CBOE's trading volume for December 2021 included 9,888 contracts in multiply-listed options, reflecting an 8.1% increase from December 2020.

How did CBOE perform in 2021 compared to 2020?

CBOE achieved a record total options volume of 3.0 billion contracts in 2021, a 19% increase from 2020.

What is the ADV for S&P 500 Index options reported by CBOE?

The ADV for S&P 500 Index options was reported at 1.6 million contracts in December 2021, a 45% increase versus December 2020.

What are the projected RPC/net revenue capture metrics for CBOE in Q4 2021?

Projected RPC for multiply-listed options in Q4 2021 is $0.066 per contract.

Did CBOE see growth in its Retail Priority program in 2021?

Yes, CBOE's Retail Priority program volume increased by 108%, totaling over 71 billion shares traded in 2021.