On Tuesday, January 22, 2013, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated (CBOE) will list?three consecutive, near-term expiration months for the 100 most actively traded equity, exchange-traded fund (ETF) and exchange-traded note (ETN) option classes.
At the present time, some of?these options classes already have three serial expirations.?
This CBOE initiative, which had been announced on Thursday in an Information Circular to ?trading permit holders, comes in response to investor demand.
The exchange will now maintain three consecutive, near term expiration months in the 100 most actively traded classes. This means, on January 22, 2013, CBOE will list February, March and April expiration months in all of the affected classes as well as additional quarterly contracts.
In the future, the exchange may expand its list of three consecutive, near-term expirations to additional classes.
Here’s a list of the affected classes:
(AA) ALCOA INC, (ABX) BARRICK GOLD CORP, (AIG) AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC., (AMRN) AMARIN CORP PLC, (AMZN) AMAZON COM INC., (ANF) ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO, (ANR) ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES, (ARNA) ARENA PHARMACEUTICALS INC, (BA) BOEING CO, (BBY) BEST BUY CO INC, (BIDU) BAIDU, INC – ADR (BP), BP PLC ADS,?(CAT) CATERPILLAR INC, (CHK) CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP.,?(CLF) CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES,?(CRM) SALESFORCE.COM INC,?(CVX) CHEVRON CORPORATION,?(DECK) DECKERS OUTDOOR CORP, (DELL) DELL INC,?(DIS) WALT DISNEY CO-DISNEY CO,?(EBAY) EBAY INC?(EMC) EMC CORP.,?(ESRX) EXPRESS SCRIPTS HOLDING,?(FB) FACEBOOK INC,?(FCX) FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD,?(FSLR) FIRST SOLAR, INC.,?(GILD) GILEAD SCIENCES INC,?(GLW) CORNING INCORPORATED,?(GMCR) GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS,?(GOOG) GOOGLE INC,?(GRPN) GROUPON,?(HAL) HALLIBURTON CO,?(HD) HOME DEPOT INC,?(HES) HESS CORPORATION,?(HPQ) HEWLETT-PACKARD CO,?(IBM) INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP,?(JNJ) JOHNSON AND JOHNSON,?(KO) COCA-COLA CO, (LLY) LILLY ELI & CO, (LNKD) LINKEDIN CORP,??(LVS) LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP, (MCD) MCDONALDS CORP, (MCP) MOLYCORP INC DEL, (MET) METLIFE, INC ?(MGM) MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL, (MMR) MCMORAN EXPLORATION CO, (MS) MORGAN STANLEY, (MRK) MERCK & CO INC, (NEM) NEWMONT MINING CORP, (NFLX) NETFLIX COM INC, ?(NLY) ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, (NOK) NOKIA CORP ADS, (NTAP) NETAPP INC, (NVDA) NVIDIA CORP, (ORCL) ORACLE CORPORATION, (PBR) PETROBRAS SA, (PCLN) PRICELINE.COM INC (PCS), METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS INC, (PG) PROCTER & GAMBLE CO, (QCOM) QUALCOMM INC, (SBUX) STARBUCKS CORPORATION (SCCO), SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION, (SD) SANDRIDGE ENERGY, INC ?(SINA) SINA CORPORATION, (SIRI) SIRIUS XM RADIO INC, (SLW) SILVER WHEATON CORP, (STX) SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, (TEA) TEAVANA HOLDINGS INC, (USB) U.S.BANCORP?CLASS A, (VRNG) VRINGO INC, (VRSN) VERISIGN INC (VVUS), VIVUS INC, (WFC) WELLS FARGO & CO, (WFT) WEATHERFORD INTL LTD, (WMB) WILLIAMS COMPANIES, (WMT) WAL-MART STORES INC, (X) UNITED STATES STEEL CORP, (XOM) EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, (YHOO) YAHOO INC and (ZNGA) ZYNGA INC.