BATS Global Markets Sets U.S. Equities, Options October Market Share Records; Europe Has Best Month of 2014

KANSAS CITY, Mo. & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BATS Global Markets (BATS) today reported October highlights including new monthly market share records of 21.4% in U.S. equities and 6.5% in U.S. options.

The previous record for U.S. equities was 20.7% in April 2014 and the previous options record was 5.8% in September 2014. October marked the third consecutive month of record market share for BATS Options.

In Europe, BATS reported 22.3% market share, its strongest month in 2014. Notably, total average daily notional value traded was 45.4% higher than in October 2013. Separately, more than €368.0bn was reported to BXTR, the exchange’s trade reporting facility.

Other October highlights include:

• BATS Options also set a one-day market share record of 7.8% on October 27^th. In October, BATS Options reported five days where market share topped 7.0%, a new record for the growing business.
• In October, BATS Chi-X Europe average daily notional value traded totaled €11.0 billion. In the U.S., the BATS Exchanges reported average daily matched volume of 1.67 billion shares, a new record for the company.
• Continental European market share grew in key markets: share of the Frankfurt market increased 2.2 percentage points on October 2013; share of the Milan market was up 1.7 percentage points, and share of the Madrid market was up 3.1 percentage points.
• BATS Chi-X Europe announced the planned launch of trading in Turkish stocks. With the addition of Turkey, BATS will offer trading across 16 markets in Europe.
• BATS Chi-X Europe was recognized at Financial News’ 2014 Awards for Excellence in Trading and Technology, winning four awards. These included Best Equities Trading Platform, Most Innovative Data Product (for BXTR), Post-Trade Initiative of the Year (for ETF interoperability) and CTO of the Year (for Dave Howson).
• BATS welcomed two new U.S. listings to the BZX Exchange in October. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Horizon ETF (BATS: EMHZ) commenced trading on October 16^th and the ValueShares U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (BATS: QVAL) began trading on October 22^nd.
• In the U.S., BATS remains on schedule for the substantive completion of the Direct Edge integration in January 2015. BATS conducted its first weekend test opportunity for members to test the new EDGA and EDGX trading platforms in the Equinix NY5 data center on Saturday, October 11^th. Information on the integration process, including a schedule of upcoming test dates, is available at bats.com/edgeintegration.
• BATS Chi-X Europe successfully completed a disaster recovery test on Saturday, October 11^th, which simulated various disaster recovery failover scenarios for the Exchange.

October 2014 Volume and Market Share Summary

¹Based on BATS Chi-X Europe market coverage, available at www.batstrading.co.uk

Additional details regarding BATS’ volume and market share data by market – U.S. equities, U.S. equity options, and European equities – is outlined below.

U.S. Equities – BATS Exchanges Volume and Market Share Statistics

Market Quality Statistics

• During October, the BZX Exchange ranked 1^st or 2^nd in quality of trading in 311 of the stocks in the S&P 500^® Index, as measured by effective spread, according to the BATS market quality statistics.
• Combined, the BZX Exchange and EDGX Exchange had the lowest effective spread in 12 of the top 25 exchange-traded products.

²BATS BZX and BYX Exchange data only
³Based on ArcaVision.com data

To track U.S. equities market share for all major trading exchanges and off-exchange trading, please view the BATS U.S. Equities Market Volume Summary.

U.S. Equity Options – BATS Options Volume and Market Share Statistics

• The five most actively-traded options classes on BATS Options during October were the Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt ETF Trust (SPY), Apple Inc. (APPL), iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF (IWM), PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 ETF (QQQ), and iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN(VXX).

To track U.S. options market share for all major trading exchanges, please view the BATS U.S. Options Market Volume Summary.

European Equities – BATS Chi-X Europe Volume and Market Share Statistics

To track European market share for all major trading exchanges and other venues, please view the BATS Pan-European Market Volume Summary.

²Represent consolidated figures for BXE and CXE lit and dark books, unless otherwise noted.
³BXE and CXE non-displayed order books.

About BATS Global Markets, Inc.

BATS Global Markets, Inc. is a leading global operator of securities markets, committed to Making Markets Better for traders, investors and issuers. In the U.S., BATS operates four stock exchanges – BZX, BYX, EDGX and EDGA – and regularly ranks as the top market for ETF and retail-driven liquidity. The company is an important listing venue for ETFs and other structured products and also operates BATS Options, a U.S. equity options market. In Europe, BATS operates the largest pan-European equities exchange, offering trading and listing services across 15 major European markets. With its world-class proprietary technology and relentless customer focus, BATS strives to bring efficiency, transparency and fairness to market participants. The company is headquartered in Kansas City with offices in Chicago, the New York area and London. Further information on BATS can be found at www.bats.com and by following us on Twitter @BATSGlobal.