Retail Options Trading Hits Record Share of Market Activity

The assessment is primarily based on the single highly authoritative and relevant source provided: the Cboe Daily Market Statistics page. This source, with an authority of 0.95 and relevance of 0.90, is a primary data provider from a major US options exchange. The summary explicitly notes that this page provides access to total volume data and specific 'RPC Reports' on retail customer activity. The existence of these dedicated reports on retail volume from a primary exchange confirms that this is a tracked, verifiable metric.The statement makes a specific, data-driven claim about an 'all-time high.' Such a claim can only be substantiated by historical data from an authoritative source like Cboe. While the summary itself doesn't contain the final data point, it points directly to the location of the necessary evidence. The other provided sources are overwhelmingly irrelevant or non-authoritative. They include product marketing pages, data for different markets (LSE), unrelated economic data (FRED), anecdotal book excerpts, and low-credibility social media posts. None of these secondary or irrelevant sources offer any evidence to support or contradict the claim.Given that the only credible source is the one that directly enables verification of the statement, and in the absence of any conflicting evidence, it is highly probable that the statement is an accurate reflection of the data published by Cboe. The assessment is therefore 'likely_true' with high confidence.