Cboe Global Markets, Inc. reported its trading volume statistics for September 2026 on October 5, 2026. The data highlights include trading metrics across various business segments as well as revenue per contract estimates for the third quarter of 2026.

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For September, Cboe's Average Daily Trading Volume (ADV) showed various trends:

- Multi-listed options reached 15.4 million contracts, up 0.7% from September 2025 and 3.9% compared to August 2026.

- Index options increased significantly to 6.4 million contracts, marking a 22.3% rise year-over-year and 11.8% from the previous month.

- Futures trading totaled 191,000 contracts, down 7.6% year-over-year but up 17.3% from August 2026.

- U.S. equities on-exchange totaled 1.45 billion matched shares, down 14.7% from September 2025.

- Off-exchange U.S. equities were 222 million matched shares, a decline of 7.5% year-over-year.

- Canadian equities were at 165.2 million matched shares, down 14.2% compared to September 2025.

- European equities showed a slight increase, totaling 11.9 million euros, up 1.1% year-over-year.

- Global FX saw a notable increase of 26.6%, totaling $66.4 million.

Additional figures from Cboe Clear Europe included 132,130 cleared trades, an increase of 22.4% year-over-year, and net settlements totaling 1,448,000, up 21.6% from September 2025.

In terms of U.S. options, Cboe reported a quarterly multi-list ADV of 15.3 million contracts, marking its second-best quarter. Highlights also included:

- Monthly ADV for proprietary index options at 6.4 million contracts, the second highest recorded.

- Quarterly S&P 500 Index options ADV reached 4.9 million contracts.

- Record levels for SPX zero-days-to-expiry options with a monthly ADV of 3.4 million contracts.

- New highs for mini-SPX options with a quarterly ADV of 251,000 contracts.

Key metrics also showed record activity during Cboe's Global Trading Hours session, with quarterly ADV reaching 228,000 contracts and monthly ADV at 263,000 contracts.