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January 2015 Trading Volume Reported By CBOE Holdings

by | Feb 4, 2015 | Trading & Analysis

January 2015 Trading Volume And Highlights Reported By CBOE Holdings

  • ADV of 5.4 Million Contacts Up 5% Over December
  • CBOE, C2 and CFE ADV Increase From Previous Month
  • Total Volume of 107.2 Million Contracts Traded

 

CBOE Volume: January

  • CBOE?s ADV during the month was 4.8 million contracts, up five percent from December and down nine percent from January 2014.? Exchange-wide trading volume totaled 95.5 million contracts, down five percent from the previous month and down 14 percent from a year ago.
  • During the month, ADV in exchange traded product (ETP) options increased 14 percent from a year ago, while ADV in index options and equity options decreased 12 percent and 19 percent, respectively, from January 2014.? ??????

 

CBOE Market Share: January

  • CBOE?s market share of total U.S. options industry volume in January was 27.0 percent, a decrease of 1.3 percentage points from January 2014.? ETP options market share posted a gain over the previous year, while equity options and index options experienced declines.

 

C2 Volume: January

  • C2?s ADV during the month was 357,500 contracts, up 12 percent from December and up 15 percent from January 2014.? Exchange-wide trading volume totaled 7.2 million contracts, an increase of two percent from the previous month and an increase of nine percent from a year ago.
  • During the month, ADV in equity options increased 130 percent from a year ago, while ADV in ETP options decreased three percent from January 2014.??????? ?

 

C2 Market Share: January

  • C2?s market share of total U.S. options industry volume in January was 2.0 percent, an increase of 0.3 percentage points from January 2014.?
  • Equity options posted a gain in market share over the previous year, while ETP options experienced a year-over-year decline.

 

CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) Trading Volume

CFE Volume: January? ?

  • CFE?s ADV during the month was 228,683 contracts, up nine percent from January 2014 and up one percent from December.? Exchange-wide trading volume totaled 4.6 million contracts, an increase of four percent from a year ago and a decrease of eight percent from the previous month.
  • ADV in futures on the CBOE Volatility Index? (VIX? Index) during the month was 228,436 contracts, up nine percent from January 2014 and up one percent from December.? VIX futures volume totaled 4.6 million contracts in January, an increase of four percent from a year ago and a decrease of eight percent from the previous month.