- SPX Options Volume at CBOE Reaches New All-Time High
- VIX Futures at CFE Sets New Single-Day Record
- C2 Options Exchange Experiences Busiest Day in History
CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) today announced that trading volume in S&P 500 Index (SPX) options and CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) futures set new single-day records, while C2 Options Exchange (C2) experienced the busiest trading day in its history on Wednesday, October 15.
Total exchange-wide options volume at Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) was 10.6 million contracts (estimated) traded, just shy of the all-time record of 10.9 million contracts on August 8, 2011.
S&P 500 Index (SPX) Options at CBOE
Trading of options on the S&P 500 Index (SPX) at CBOE set a new single-day volume record on Wednesday, October 15, as 2,671,462 contracts (estimated) traded, surpassing the previous high of 2,282,029 contracts on June 20, 2013.
VIX Index Futures at CFE
At CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE), trading of futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) set consecutive single-day volume records on Tuesday, October 14 and Wednesday, October 15, with 616,906 contracts and 791,638 contracts (estimated) traded, respectively. These records surpassed the previous high of 528,628 VIX futures contracts on August 1, 2014.
Total Volume Record at C2
C2 Options Exchange (C2) set a new single-day exchange-wide volume record on Wednesday, October 15, as 714,529 options contracts (estimated) traded, eclipsing the previous high of 665,789 contracts on February 3, 2014.