On Monday, CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) reported two new single-day volume records. This included the following:
- CBOE Volatility Index? (VIX? Index) options established an all-time, single-day volume record from an estimated 2,367,764 contracts traded. Monday’s?record volume surpassed the previous record of 1,797,052 contracts traded on October 8, 2013.
- C2 Options Exchange (C2SM) set an estimated daily record of 662,195 contracts traded, surpassing the previous record of 623,314 contracts traded on April 19, 2013.
In addition, VIX Index futures recorded their second-best day ever, with estimated volume at 355,578 contracts. VIX futures’ most active day remains 449,955 contracts traded on April 15, 2013.
Also on Monday, CBOE Holdings released its January volume report and reported that VIX options and VIX futures hit new records in the month. VIX options ADV set a record 791,978 contracts while VIX futures reached a monthly volume record totaling 4.40 million contracts.?