MIAX Options Ranks #1 in Time at NBBO among All Options Exchanges for August; Reports September Trading Activity

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- MIAX Options Exchange (MIAX^®) today announced that it ranked #1 in time at the National Best Bid/Offer (NBBO) among all U.S. Equity Options Exchanges for the month of August and over 20 million contracts were executed on MIAX in September. The over 20 million contracts executed represents a 48% increase from the approximately 13.6 million contracts executed in September 2014, and equates to an average daily volume of over 950,000 contracts. MIAX's September equity options market share of 6.45% represents a 58% increase from the 4.08% achieved in September 2014.

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MIAX has also established itself as an industry leader in providing best execution and liquidity to the markets by being the #1 ranked U.S. Equity Options Exchange in Percentage of Time at the NBBO in aggregate across all classes for August 2015, according to statistics provided by the TABB Group¹. Shelly Brown, Senior Vice President of Business Strategy at MIAX, said, "This is further evidence that option liquidity providers value the exceptional speed and risk protections available at MIAX. All market participants benefit from the resulting liquidity, which enhances the best execution opportunities at MIAX." Thomas P. Gallagher, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MIAX, added, "The success we have experienced at MIAX is a result of the support of our members. By providing those members the technology to succeed, they have chosen to provide deep and liquid markets on MIAX."

For further information regarding the MIAX Options Exchange, please visit www.MIAXOptions.com or contact MIAX Trading Operations at TradingOperations@MIAXOptions.com. 

¹ The Options Liquidity Matrix is a monthly analysis of options market activity published by TABB Group and Hanweck Associates. The report includes options trading volumes and statistics on execution metrics for each U.S. listed options exchange and the industry using proprietary statistics and methodologies from Hanweck Associates and data from the Options Clearing Corporation. All statistics are derived from direct OPRA data feeds and include all trade activity reported by OPRA for each day. Quote statistics include trading activity during normal trading hours.

Percentage of Time at the National Best Bid/Offer: Sum of time the exchange is both best bid and best offer (across only symbols quoted by the exchange) divided by the sum of time those symbols have a best bid/offer during the trading day.

About MIAX Options and MIH

MIAX Options, which commenced operations on December 7, 2012, is a fully electronic options trading exchange approved by the SEC as a national securities exchange on December 3, 2012. MIAX Options has assembled a team with deep rooted experience in developing, operating and trading on options exchanges. Its trading platform has been developed in-house and designed from the ground up for the unique functional and performance demands of derivatives trading. MIAX Options now lists and trades options on over 2,300 multi-listed classes. MIAX Option's unparalleled system throughput is approximately 27 million quotes per second. The average latency for a single quote on MIAX Options is approximately 28.89 microseconds for a full round trip. At the 99th percentile, the latency on MIAX Options is approximately 43.90 microseconds. At the 99.9th percentile, the latency on MIAX Options is approximately 79.01 microseconds. The executive offices and technology development center as well as the National Operations Center for the MIAX Options are located in Princeton, New Jersey.

MIAX Options, Miami International Technologies, LLC (MIAX Technologies) and MIAX Global, LLC (MIAX Global) are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Miami International Holdings, Inc. (MIH). MIAX Technologies is MIH's technology subsidiary for the sale and/or license of MIAX trading technology. MIAX Global focuses on merger, acquisition and joint venture activities of MIH. MIAX Global also provides technology and other services outside of North America, with its initial concentration being on Europe and Latin America.

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