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CHICAGO (November 1, 2007) - - The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 291,994,503 total options contracts changed hands in October, continuing a high-growth trend representing a 52.6 percent increase over October 2006 volume. Average daily volume for the month came in at 12,695,414 contracts.

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) reported year-to-date volume at the end of October stood at 2,314,789,537 contracts, an increase of 38.4 percent over the same period last year. Year-to-date daily volume is averaging 11,022,807 contracts, up 38.4 percent over the same period in 2006.  

Equity options saw 268,276,414 contracts change hands, 53.5 percent higher than October 2006.  Year-to-date equity options volume is 2,090,669,461 contracts, up 37.5 percent over the same point last year, and the first time equity options volume surpassed 2 billion contracts.  Daily equity options volume averaged 11,664,192 contracts per day in October, an increase of 46.8 percent over the same month last year.   



October 2007 Equity Options Marketshare:
CBOE - 25.80%
AMEX - 8.39%
PHLX - 15.74%
NYSE Arca - 14.24%
ISE - 30.85%
BOX - 4.98%

October 2006 Equity Options Marketshare:
CBOE - 28.01%
AMEX - 10.46%
PHLX - 15.17%
NYSE Arca - 9.96%
ISE - 31.74%
BOX - 4.66%



October 2007 Total Options Marketshare:
CBOE         ñ 30.48%
AMEX ñ 8.04%
PHLX ñ 14.85%
NYSE Arca ñ 13.10%
ISE ñ 28.93%
BOX ñ 4.61%

October 2006 Total Options Marketshare:
CBOE         ñ 33.07%
AMEX ñ 9.99%
PHLX ñ 14.17%
NYSE Arca ñ 9.09%
ISE ñ 29.42%
BOX ñ 4.26%

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