2020 Options Year in Review - Traders Magazine
Traders Magazine By NYSE Research By all accounts, 2020 was extraordinary for options trading. The year began as a continuation of two straight record years for options volumes and growth that would only continue and accelerate. Case in point: the top 10 multi-list equity and ETF volume days all came in 2020, as did 23 of the top 25 days. Previously, multi-list volume had never breached 40 million contracts, and yet all top 10 volume days for 2020 exceeded that 40 million mark. This trend has thus far continued into 2021. On January 15, 2021, a new record high was set for daily multi-lis...