CHICAGO, Sept. 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- CBOE
Holdings, Inc. (BATS: CBOE | NASDAQ: CBOE) said today that trading
volume in options on the CBOE Volatility Index®
(VIX®) reached a new all-time high on Monday, September
25.
In VIX options at CBOE, a reported 2,612,952 contracts traded on
Monday, surpassing the previous single-day record of 2,538,121
contracts on Thursday, August 10,
2017. Four of the ten busiest single days ever for trading
VIX options have occurred in 2017.
About CBOE Holdings, Inc.
CBOE Holdings, Inc. (BATS: CBOE | NASDAQ: CBOE), owner of the
Chicago Board Options Exchange,
the Bats exchanges, CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) and other
subsidiaries, is one of the world's largest exchange holding
companies and a leader in providing global investors cutting-edge
trading and investment solutions.
The company offers trading across a diverse range of products in
multiple asset classes and geographies, including options, futures,
U.S. and European equities, exchange-traded products (ETPs), and
multi-asset volatility and global foreign exchange (FX) products.
CBOE Holdings' 14 trading venues include the largest options
exchange in the U.S. and the largest stock exchange in Europe, and the company is the second-largest
stock exchange operator in the U.S. and a leading market globally
for ETP trading.
CBOE Holdings is home to the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX Index),
the world's barometer for equity market volatility; the CBOE
Options Institute, the company's world-renowned education arm; CBOE
Livevol, a leading provider of options technology, trading
analytics and market data services; CBOE Vest, an asset management
company specializing in target- outcome investment strategies; CBOE
Risk Management Conferences (RMC), the premier financial industry
forums on derivatives and volatility products; ETF.com, a leading
provider of ETF news, data and analysis; and Hotspot, a leading
platform for global FX trading.
The company is headquartered in Chicago with offices in Kansas City, New
York, London, San Francisco, Singapore, Hong
Kong and Ecuador. For more
information, visit www.cboe.com.
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