CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) Experiences The Busiest Day In Its History - Futures On CBOE Volatility Index Sets New High In Single-Day Volume

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) announced that the Exchange set a new single-day trading record on Thursday, May 10 as volume totaled 12,351 contracts traded. Today's new record, the busiest day in CFE's three-year history, exceeded the previous high of 10,846 contracts traded on October 10, 2006.

Also on Thursday, futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) set a single-day volume record as 12,102 contracts traded, a new all-time high at CFE, surpassing the previous high of 10,673 contracts traded on October 10, 2006.

CFE currently offers futures on six different contracts, including: the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), CBOE S&P 500 3-Month and 12-Month Variance, CBOE DJIA Volatility Index, CBOE China Index, and the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM).