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May 2015 Trading Volume Reported By CBOE Holdings

by | Jun 2, 2015 | Industry

CBOE Holdings, Inc. reported that total trading volume during May for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange? (CBOE?) and C2 Options Exchange (C2) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE?) was 85.3 million contracts, a decrease of 7 percent from April 2015 and 12 percent from May 2014.? ??

Total options and futures average daily volume (ADV) at CBOE Holdings during May was 4.3 million contracts, a decrease of 2 percent from April 2015 and 8 percent from May 2014.?

 

CBOE Volume: May??

  • CBOE’s ADV during the month was 3.8 million contracts, down 2 percent from April 2015 and 11 percent from May 2014. Exchange-wide trading volume totaled 75.3 million contracts, a decrease of 7 percent from the previous month and 15 percent from a year ago.
  • During May, ADV in index options rose 11 percent from April 2015, while ADV in exchange-traded product (ETP) options and equity options declined 4 percent and 12 percent, respectively, from April 2015.

 

CBOE Market Share: May ???

  • CBOE’s market share of total U.S. options industry volume was 24.8 percent in May, an increase of 0.1 of a percentage point from April 2015 and a decrease of 3.2 percentage points from May 2014.

 

C2 Volume: May

  • C2’s May trading volume totaled 6.5 million contracts, a decrease of 7 percent from April 2015 and an increase of 15 percent from May 2014. ADV was 323,732 contracts, a 3-percent decrease from April 2015 and a 21-percent increase from May 2014.

 

C2 Market Share: May

  • C2 market share of total industry volume in May was 2.1 percent, unchanged from April 2015 and up 0.3 of a percentage point from May 2014.

 

CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) Trading Volume

 

  • Total ADV at CFE was 174,972 contracts in May, a 9-percent increase from April 2015 and a 21-percent rise from May 2014. Total volume at CFE during the month was 3.5 million contracts, an increase of 3 percent from the previous month and 16 percent from the year-ago total.
  • May average daily volume in CBOE Volatility Index? (VIX? Index) futures was 174,923 contracts, an increase of 9 percent from April 2015 and 22 percent from May 2014. Total volume in VIX futures for May was 3.5 million contracts, an increase of 3 percent from the previous month and 16 percent from a year ago.???