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As one industy leader told FOWi this week, options need a little volatility in the market to generate volume – not too little, but also not too much.
The ‘just right’ balance may not always have been achieved in 2011, but there has certainly been sufficient unrest in the markets to fuel options trading on all continents.
In our total equity options rankings, two thirds of the top 25 exchanges have reported an increase in year to date volumes from 2010. We would expect the final figure for the end of year total to be quite similar.
Out of this data, one of the big stories for 2011 is the growth of US equity options volumes. Jim Binder, Options Clearing Corporation...