Cboe Global Markets Reports Trading Volume for February 2026
CHICAGO, March 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the world's leading derivatives and securities exchange network, today reported February monthly trading volume statistics across its global business lines.
The data sheet "Cboe Global Markets Monthly Volume & RPC/Net Revenue Capture Report" contains an overview of certain February 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 | |||||||||||
Feb 2026 | Feb 2025 | % Chg | Jan | % | Feb 2026 | Feb 2025 | % | |||||
Multi-listed options (contracts, k) | 13,476 | 13,556 | -0.6 % | 14,093 | -4.4 % | 13,792 | 13,348 | 3.3 % | ||||
Index options (contracts, k) | 5,973 | 4,469 | 33.7 % | 5,477 | 9.1 % | 5,719 | 4,503 | 27.0 % | ||||
Futures (contracts, k)1 | 276 | 241 | 14.7 % | 230 | 20.1 % | 253 | 230 | 9.8 % | ||||
U.S. Equities - On-Exchange (matched shares, mn) | 1,961 | 1,673 | 17.2 % | 1,872 | 4.7 % | 1,915 | 1,655 | 15.7 % | ||||
U.S. Equities - Off-Exchange (matched shares, mn) | 268 | 97 | 176.6 % | 241 | 11.0 % | 254 | 90 | 182.7 % | ||||
Canadian Equities (matched shares, k) | 204,403 | 166,261 | 22.9 % | 239,258 | -14.6 % | 222,702 | 162,478 | 37.1 % | ||||
European Equities (€, mn) | 17,963 | 13,718 | 30.9 % | 15,218 | 18.0 % | 16,557 | 12,516 | 32.3 % | ||||
Australian Equities (AUD, mn) | 1,228 | 914 | 34.3 % | 1,041 | 18.1 % | 1,134 | 779 | 45.6 % | ||||
Global FX ($, mn) | 63,372 | 50,699 | 25.0 % | 67,233 | -5.7 % | 65,350 | 50,497 | 29.4 % | ||||
Cboe Clear Europe Cleared Trades (k) | 141,642 | 131,723 | 7.5 % | 123,562 | 14.6 % | 265,204 | 254,662 | 4.1 % | ||||
Cboe Clear Europe Net Settlements (k) | 1,266 | 1,021 | 24.0 % | 1,234 | 2.6 % | 2,500 | 2,071 | 20.7 % | ||||
1 In the second quarter of 2025, Digital futures products were transitioned to Cboe Futures Exchange. Futures metrics prior to the second quarter of 2025 exclude Digital futures products. |
February 2026 Trading Volume Highlights
U.S. Options
- Cboe's proprietary index options reported a monthly ADV record of 6.0 million contracts, driven by:
- Monthly S&P 500 Index (SPX) options ADV record of 4.8 million contracts.
- Monthly SPX zero-days-to-expiry (0DTE) ADV record of 3.0 million contracts, representing a record 63% of all SPX trading.
- Monthly mini-SPX (XSP) options ADV record of 186 thousand contracts.
- Monthly ADV record of 155 thousand contracts during Cboe's Global Trading Hours (GTH) session (8:15 p.m. to 9:25 a.m. ET), including record SPX GTH ADV of 133 thousand contracts.
U.S. Equities - Off-Exchange
- BIDS Trading reported a monthly ADV record of 267.8 million matched shares.
European Equities
- Cboe Europe reached a record total monthly average daily notional value (ADNV) of €18.0 billion, including monthly ADNV records in Cboe Periodic Auctions (€6.3 billion) and Cboe BIDS Europe (€969.0 million).
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