On Friday,?BATS Global Markets (BATS) announced record monthly market share in U.S. options and Spain.
Joe Ratterman, chief executive officer and president of BATS Global Markets, said in a press release,?”We’ve long identified the Spanish market as important to our European growth and are pleased to see a significant increase in customer demand to trade Spanish stocks on BATS Chi-X Europe. We’re also encouraged by the record month in our U.S. options market, where we continue to make progress in a highly competitive environment.”
In the U.S., BATS Options reported a 4.0% February market share. This compares to the previous year’s 2.8% and January’s 3.9%.
In the exchange’s U.S. equities market share, it came in at 11.1% vs. 10.9% from the previous year and 11.7% in January. With February’s number, it represented a record 10th straight month with a minimum of 11% U.S. equities market share.
Additional February highlights for the exchange included the following:
- BATS was named “Best Exchange Technology” at the inaugural Market’s Choice Awards in New York on Feb. 21, ahead of other major U.S.-based exchange operators.
- BATS Options will list and trade Mini Options beginning March 18, giving affordable access to options on five high-priced and actively-traded securities: Apple, Google, Amazon, SPDR Gold Trust and SPDR S&P 500.