BATS Reports Continued Strong Market Share in May; Second-Best Month for U.S. Options Business, 21.2% U.S. Equities Market Share

BATS Global Markets (BATS) today reported May data and highlights including the company’s best market share month since October 2013 in European equities and the second-best month in U.S. options.

BATS reported 9.7% market share in U.S. options, up from 3.8% one year ago. In U.S. equities, BATS reported market share of 21.2%, its third-best month on record, while BATS remained the #1 U.S. market for exchange-trade fund (ETF) trading in May, executing 26.1% of all ETF trading volume.

In Europe, BATS Chi-X Europe continued an exceptionally strong run with 24.4% market share. Year-on-year figures rose in 14 of the 15 markets in which the exchange offers trading. The exchange recorded its best-ever month in Spain with IBEX35 market share of 23.5%, up from 14.0% year-on-year.

In Europe, BXTR, the company’s trade reporting facility, also retained the #1 spot, and recorded its second-best month ever with €480.2 billion reported, an average of €22.9 billion per trading day.

Hotspot, BATS’ institutional spot foreign exchange market, posted average daily volume of $26.8 billion in May, up from $25.9 billion one year ago. As of June 1^st, Hotspot has eliminated liquidity removal fees for customers in more than 30 select currency pairs on the “Hot List” until at least year-end 2015.

In all, the BATS markets executed $117.9 billion of notional volume per day in May.

May 2015 Volume and Market Share Overview

¹ Based on BATS Chi-X Europe market coverage, available at www.batstrading.co.uk

Additional monthly highlights are outlined below by business line.

U.S. Equities – Highlights, Volume and Market Share Statistics

• BATS reported U.S. equities market share of 21.2% in May, up from 20.1% one year ago. Average daily matched volume on the BATS Exchanges was 1.31 billion shares, up from 1.16 billion shares one year ago.
• BATS’ options exchange, BZX Options, remained the largest maker-taker pricing options exchange in May with 9.7% market share, up from 3.8% one year ago.
• On May 4^th, BATS successfully completed the migration of all of its U.S. markets to the Equinix NY5 data center in Secaucus, N.J., concluding an 18-month process related to the acquisition of Direct Edge.
• On May 5^th, BATS filed its Exclusive Listings Proposal with the SEC, which seeks to improve investors’ trading experience in thinly-traded securities.
• During May, the BZX Exchange ranked 1^st or 2^nd in quality of trading in 62% of the stocks in the S&P 500^® Index, as measured by effective spread, according to the BATS market quality statistics.
• Combined, the BATS Exchanges had the lowest effective spread in 51 of the top 100 exchange-traded products in May.
• The five most actively-traded options classes on BZX Options during May were the Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt ETF Trust (SPY), Apple Inc. (AAPL), iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF (IWM), Facebook Inc. (FB), and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (BABA).

For additional U.S. equities market volume information: BATS U.S. Equities Market Volume Summary
² ETF data is sequential

For additional U.S. Options market volume information: BATS U.S. Options Market Volume Summary

European Equities – BATS Chi-X Europe Highlights, Volume and Market Share Statistics

• Monthly market share was 24.4% with average daily notional value traded during April at €11.9 billion, up 61.6% year-on-year. Year-on-year, market share rose substantially in 14 of the 15 markets BATS Chi-X Europe covers.

³ Represent consolidated figures for BXE and CXE lit and dark books, unless otherwise noted.
⁴ BXE and CXE non-displayed order books.

For additional European equities market volume information: BATS Pan-European Market Volume Summary

Foreign Exchange – Hotspot Highlights, Volume and Market Share Statistics⁵

Hotspot daily, monthly, and quarterly volumes are posted on the Hotspot website.

• Hotspot posted average daily volume of $26.8 billion in May, up 3.4% from $25.9 billion one year ago. Total volume traded on Hotspot in May was $561.9 billion (21 trading days), down from $569.2 billion one year ago (22 trading days).
• On May 28, Hotspot announced new standards for Hotspot liquidity providers that qualify as Market Makers, including reduced timeframes for acting on Non-Firm Liquidity and high targets acceptance rates for such orders.
• On May 5, Hotspot announced plans to eliminate liquidity removal fees for customers in more than 30 select currency pairs. The pricing went into effect on June 1^st and will continue until at least year-end 2015.

⁵ Market share figures are for full month. BATS closed its acquisition of Hotspot on March 13, 2015. Hotspot volumes represent the notional value in U.S. dollars of all trades executed on the platform, counting one side of the transaction. Hotspot Volume Percentage Breakdown is based on the times at which the trades were executed, based on EST (i.e. EST: Asia: 5pm-2am, Europe: 2am-9am, US: 9am-5pm).

About BATS Global Markets, Inc.

BATS Global Markets, Inc., a leading global operator of exchanges and services for financial markets, is committed to Making Markets Better for traders, investors and issuers. In Europe, BATS operates the largest pan-European equities exchange, offering trading and listing services across 15 major European markets, as well as BXTR, the continent’s largest trade reporting facility. In the U.S., BATS operates four stock exchanges – BZX, BYX, EDGX and EDGA – and regularly ranks as the top market for ETF and retail-driven liquidity. The company is a listing venue for ETFs and other structured products, also operates a U.S. equity options market, BATS BZX Options, and is launching BATS EDGX Options later in 2015. Globally, BATS serves the foreign exchange (FX) market, the world’s largest asset class, with Hotspot, a leading institutional spot foreign exchange market. With its world-class technology and relentless customer focus, BATS strives to bring efficiency, transparency and fairness to market participants. The company is headquartered in Kansas City with offices in New York, London, Chicago and Singapore. Further information on BATS can be found at www.bats.com and by following us on Twitter @BATSGlobal.

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