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Market share provides one indicator of a firm’s performance. CTC believes, amid all the various marketing ideas and techniques used to generate order flow and strengthen a product, that the single strongest component to a product’s overall success is the quality and performance of its markets. The following are but a few examples of our success at capturing market share:

• As DPM in the Russell iShares (IWM) at the CBOE, CTC has grown the CBOE market share from 0% to over 50% (in a product that is listed on five exchanges).
• In the SPDR options, a product that is listed on six exchanges, our DPM post consistently captures over 38% of the market share
• As the specialist in the NDX and MNX, we represent between 35% and 40% of the market share in these issues.
  

Electronic Market Making / Quote Vending

Simply put, CTC has extensive experience with electronic trading and vending quotes. We have allocated significant resources toward building our electronic market making functionality. When the country’s leading exchanges select firms to represent a particular market to the public, CTC leads the pack.

• Our superior technology, together with our market presence and pricing ability, gives exchanges the confidence that we are the choice for market dissemination.
• CTC’s commitment to both floor trading and electronic quote vending provides us with a uniquely broad perspective crucial to options market pricing and valuation
• CTC has made significant contributions to numerous new product launches by supporting the launch with quality markets and consistently superior quote performance