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CBOE Futures Exchange Reports Busiest Day In History On Friday - New Single-Day Volume Records Set For Total Exchange And VIX Futures Trading - Over Half A Million Contracts Traded

Date 01/08/2014

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC^SM (CFE^®) today announced that new single-day volume records for total trading volume exchange-wide at CFE and for futures on the CBOE Volatility Index^® (VIX^® Index) were set on Friday, August 1.

ISE Reports Business Acitvity For July 2014

Date 01/08/2014

• ISE and ISE Gemini™ combined represent 14.8% of equity options market share, excluding dividend trades.
• ISE and ISE Gemini reported a combined ADV of 2.1 million contracts.     
• Dividend trades made up 1.4% of industry volume in July 2014.

KCG Announces Consolidated Earnings Of $0.08 Per Diluted Share For The Second Quarter Of 2014 - Consolidated Revenues Of $314.1 Million And Pre-Tax Earnings From Continuing Operations Of $14.5 Million During The Quarter - Pre-Tax Earnings Includes Expenses Of $7.0 Million Unrelated To Core Operations, Comprising Reduction In Workforce, Writedown Of Capitalized Debt Costs And Lease Loss Accruals - KCG Paid $102.9 Million For Debt Reduction And Share Repurchases During The Quarter

Date 01/08/2014

KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) today reported consolidated earnings of $8.9 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2014.

CBOE Holdings Reports July 2014 Trading Volume - ADV Up 12% Year To Date, Up 11% From July 2013 - VIX Futures Volume Second Highest Ever

Date 01/08/2014

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) reported today that July 2014 trading volume for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) and C2 Options ExchangeSM (C2SM) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures ExchangeSM (CFE®) totaled 108.89 million contracts. Average daily volume (ADV) was 4.95 million contracts, an 11-percent increase from July 2013 and a four-percent increase from June 2014.

BOX Options Exchange Price Improvement For July

Date 01/08/2014

In the month of July, price improved contracts on BOX Options Exchange averaged 329,089 per day.

CBOE Futures Exchange Reports July 2014 Trading Volume - Total CFE Volume: 4.3 Million Contracts - Second-Busiest Month All-Time - VIX Futures ADV Up 48% Over Year Ago

Date 01/08/2014

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE®) today reported that July 2014 was the second-busiest month all-time for total trading volume exchange-wide at CFE and for futures on the CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX® Index).  

CBOE Futures Exchange Sets An All Time Record

Date 01/08/2014

Over 500,000 contracts were traded today at CBOE Futures Exchange setting an all time record.

MIAX Options Exchange: MIAX Options - Interface Specification (FOI & CTD) Updates To Support Additional Billing Parameters For The MIAX Price Improvement Mechanism (PRIME™)

Date 01/08/2014

The MIAX Options Exchange has just released updated Interface Specifications for the MIAX FIX Order Interface (FOI) and Clearing Trade Drop (CTD) to support additional billing parameters for the MIAX Price Improvement Mechanism (PRIME™).

CFTC Charges Florida-Based Southern Trust Metals, Inc. And Robert Escobio, And His BVI-Based Entity Loreley Overseas Corp., With Operating An Illegal Precious Metals Scheme, Among Other Violations - Defendants Solicited Over $3.5 Million From Customers In The Precious Metals Scheme And In A Separate Unlawful Commodity Futures And Options Scheme

Date 01/08/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement Complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Defendants Southern Trust Metals, Inc.(ST Metals) and Robert Escobio, both of Coral Gables, Florida, and Loreley Overseas Corp. (Loreley), a British Virgin Island entity that Escobio incorporated in 2004. The CFTC Complaint charges that, from at least July 16, 2011 to May 1, 2013, the Defendants operated a scheme that defrauded retail customers in connection with illegal, off-exchange, financed precious metals transactions. In operating the precious metals scheme, the Defendants received more than $2.6 million from at least 135 customers, who collectively lost $600,000 of the funds invested with ST Metals, according to the Complaint,

SEC Obtains Nearly $70 Million Judgment Against Richmond, Va.-Based Firms And CEO Found Liable For Defrauding Investors

Date 01/08/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has obtained a final judgment in federal court in Tennessee requiring a Richmond, Va.-based financial services holding company, a subsidiary brokerage firm, and their CEO to pay nearly $70 million as the outcome of a trial that found them liable for fraud.