Oodles of risk. Bold bets on artificial intelligence. Round-the-clock activity. The options market is booming like never before.
About 44 million options contracts have changed hands on an average day in 2023, on track for an annual record based on Options Clearing Corp. data going back to 1973 and more than double the figure from five years ago.
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