CBOE Holdings, Inc. reported today that total trading volume during March for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange? (CBOE?) and C2 Options ExchangeSM (C2SM) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE?) was 94.9 million contracts, an increase of seven percent versus February 2015 and a decrease of 12 percent from March 2014.?? ?
Total options and futures average daily volume (ADV) at CBOE Holdings during March was 4.3 million contracts, a decrease of seven percent from February 2015 and a decrease of 16 percent from March 2014.???
CBOE Trading Volume:
- CBOE’s ADV during the month was 3.8 million contracts, down eight percent from February 2015 and down 18 percent from March 2014.? Exchange-wide trading volume totaled 84.4 million contracts, an increase of six percent from the previous month and a decline of 15 percent from a year ago.
- During the month, ADV in exchange-traded product (ETP) options increased two percent, index options declined eight percent and equity options declined 14 percent from February 2015.
CBOE Market Share:
CBOE’s market share of total U.S. options industry volume was 25.1 percent in March 2015, a decrease of 1.2 percentage points from February 2015 and a decrease of 2.7 percentage points from March 2014.
C2 Volume:
C2’s March trading volume totaled 6.8 million contracts, up 20 percent from February 2015 and up 31 percent from March 2014.? ADV was 309,244 contracts, a four-percent increase from February 2015 and a 25-percent increase from March 2014.
C2 Market Share:
C2 market share of total industry volume in March 2015 was 2.0 percent, up 0.1 of a percentage point from February 2015 and a gain of 0.5 of a percentage point from March 2014.
CBOE Futures Exchange Trading Volume and Highlights
- March exchange-wide ADV at CFE was 167,656 contracts, a one-percent increase from February 2015 and a nine-percent decrease from March 2014. Exchange-wide total volume during the month was 3.7 million contracts, a 16-percent increase from the previous month and a four-percent decrease from a year ago.???
- March ADV in futures on the CBOE Volatility Index? (VIX? Index) was 167,591 contracts, an increase of one percent from February 2015 and a decrease of nine percent from March 2014. Total volume in VIX futures for March was 3.7 million contracts, up 17 percent from the previous month and down four percent from a year ago.????