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BATS Reports Record September Volume


    BATS Trading, an innovative and technology–leading U.S. market center, reported new records in September including matched market share of 10.52%, daily average volume of 1.39 billion shares and daily matched volume of 1.19 billion shares.

    BATS also performed well during the busiest market week ever, Sept. 15–19, with no operational downtime. New one–day records established that week included 11.35% of all U.S. volume, with more than 2.5 billion shares traded for the first time and 2.122 billion shares matched, also a record.

    BATS has since broken its one–day matched market share mark, with 12.12% on Friday, October 3.

    For the month of September, vital market share statistics for BATS include:   –– BATS average total handled volume was 1,394,853,441 shares daily (new record) –– BATS average matched volume was 1,192,104,097 shares daily (new record) –– BATS average internal match rate was 85.59%   –– BATS matched market share for Tape A securities was 8.54% (new record) –– BATS matched market share for Tape B securities was 15.44% (new record) –– BATS matched market share for Tape C securities was 11.92% (new record) –– BATS matched market share for all securities was 10.52% (new record)

    Taking the top 25 U.S. stocks, ranked by total volume traded in all U.S. markets, the BATS matched market share on a security by security basis for September was as follows:

    Stock
    Name  

    Total Industry
    Volume

      BATS Matched
    Volume   BATS Market
    Share       SPY   8,107,004,009   945,047,499   11.66 % XLF   6,424,484,976   1,081,648,422   16.84 % AIG   5,779,624,497   368,742,908   6.38 % QQQQ   4,861,633,340   663,706,167   13.65 % FNM   3,464,782,023   163,359,011   4.71 % WM   3,428,460,530   213,442,323   6.23 % WB   3,331,949,672   272,450,251   8.18 % C   3,192,673,459   322,367,883   10.10 % IWM   3,058,942,759   436,623,790   14.27 % FRE   2,878,771,594   160,510,220   5.58 % LEH   2,545,990,112   170,943,653   6.71 % BAC   2,340,929,674   243,467,798   10.40 % UYG   2,174,143,020   398,941,508   18.35 % GE   2,153,333,006   190,021,702   8.82 % EEM   1,933,276,530   243,498,183   12.60 % MSFT   1,928,443,207   287,006,606   14.88 % MER   1,625,404,805   162,050,870   9.97 % INTC   1,623,996,098   251,562,809   15.49 % MS   1,473,980,014   126,420,527   8.58 % NCC   1,472,284,827   121,825,266   8.27 % WFC   1,440,101,807   151,268,476   10.50 % F   1,437,695,717   98,021,934   6.82 % JPM   1,388,644,204   138,724,610   9.99 % SIRI   1,358,421,689   99,513,587   7.33 % CSCO   1,263,227,245   175,770,390   13.91 %

    About BATS

    BATS Trading is a subsidiary of BATS Holdings, an innovative global financial markets technology company based in Kansas City, Mo., with additional offices in New York and London. The BATS Trading ECN platform was launched in January 2006 and is one of the fastest–growing, top–tier equity markets in the United States. BATS was recently approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission to operate as a national securities exchange beginning in October 2008. The company also plans a European launch in 2008 through its wholly owned subsidiary based in London. The BATS platform is internally developed by a dedicated core team of market and technology professionals, catering to the needs of the broker–dealer and trading community. BATS "¦ Making Markets Better.