Options market records

The table below contains details of options market trading and exercise records.

The ASX options market was established in 1976. Options were traded on the trading floor until 1997. Since 1997, options have been traded on the Derivatives Trading Platform (DTP).
  Record Date
Daily volume - floor trading 142,050 contracts 27 July 1989
Daily volume - screen trading 231,112 contracts 25 Nov. 2004
Daily volume - number of trades 10,966
 trades		 29 April 2004
Exercise Volume (on expiry) 248,688
contracts		 June
2004
Exercise Value (on expiry) $2,506,160,205 June
2004
Open Interest (on expiry) 2,738,977
contracts		 Oct
2004
Accounts with ACH 98,657
accounts		 Oct
2004
Number of active Option Series 7,001 Oct
2004