The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE®) announced today that total trading volume and average daily volume (ADV) for futures on the CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX®) during May 2013 posted gains over year ago levels.
VIX Futures
May 2013 was the third most active trading month all-time for VIX futures at CFE, trailing only April 2013 (4,056,760 contracts) and March 2013 (3,220,977 contracts). During May, a total of 3,212,399 VIX futures contracts traded. This was an increase of 61 percent versus the 1,999,974 contracts traded in May 2012 and a decrease of 21 percent when compared to the all-time high of 4,056,760 contracts traded in April 2013. May was the fourth consecutive month, and the fourth time in CFE history, in which total monthly volume in VIX futures surpassed three million contracts traded.
Monthly average daily volume in VIX futures during May was 146,018 contracts. May ADV gained 61 percent versus the 90,908 contracts per day a year ago and declined 21 percent from the record ADV of 184,398 contracts in the previous month.
Total CFE
During May, exchange-wide volume at CFE totaled 3,220,913 contracts traded. This was an increase of 59 percent versus the 2,022,253 contracts traded in May 2012 and a decline of 21 percent when compared to the record 4,069,630 contracts traded in April 2013. May was the third most active trading month in CFE history, trailing only April 2013 (4,069,630 contracts) and March 2013 (3,228,874 contracts).
Exchange-wide monthly ADV was 146,405 contracts during May, up 59 percent from the ADV of 91,921 contracts during May 2012 and down 21 percent from the record monthly ADV of 184,983 contracts in April 2013.