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CBOE Holdings Reports November Volume - November ADV Up 6 Percent From A Year Ago - Year-To-Date ADV Up 3 Percent

Date 02/12/2013

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) reported today that November trading volume for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) and C2 Options Exchange (C2SM) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures ExchangeSM (CFE®)  totaled 91.90 million contracts. Average daily volume (ADV) was nearly 4.60 million contracts, a six-percent increase from November 2012 and a 16-percent decrease from October 2013.

Year to date, CBOE Holdings ADV rose three percent from the same period a year ago.

CBOE Holdings Consolidated Trading Volume

Year-To-Date

(trades in thousands)

Nov-13

Nov-12

% Chg

Oct-13

% Chg

Nov-13

Nov-12

% Chg

Trading Days

20

21


23


231

230


Total Contracts      (options & futures)

91,904.6

91,314.9

1%

126,242.0

-27%

1,092,837.1

1,055,722.6

4%

Total Options Contracts      (CBOE & C2)

89,343.2

88,570.7

1%

122,036.3

-27%

1,055,844.9

1,034,276.9

2%

Total Futures Contracts (CFE)

2,561.4

2,744.2

-7%

4,205.7

-39%

36,992.2

21,445.7

72%










Total ADV                 (options & futures)

4,595.3

4,348.3

6%

5,488.8

-16%

4,730.9

4,590.1

3%

Total Options ADV    (CBOE & C2)

4,467.2

4,217.6

6%

5,305.9

-16%

4,570.8

4,496.9

2%

Total Futures ADV      (CFE)

128.1

130.7

-2%

182.9

-30%

160.1

93.2

72%

CBOE Trading Volume and Market Share

CBOE Trading Volume:

  • CBOE's November ADV was 4.18 million contracts, a five-percent increase from November 2012 and a 16-percent decrease from October 2013.
  • Equity options ADV was 1.90 million contracts, a 26-percent increase from November 2012 and a five-percent decrease from October 2013.
  • Index options ADV was nearly 1.30 million contracts, a seven-percent decrease from November 2012 and a 26-percent decrease from October 2013.
  • Exchange traded product (ETP) options ADV was 983,400 contracts, a nine-percent decrease from November 2012 and a 20-percent decrease from October 2013.
  • The five most actively traded index and ETP options at CBOE in November were S&P 500® Index (SPXSM) options, CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX® Index) options, Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipt (SPY) options, iShares Trust - Russell 2000® Index Fund (IWM) options and PowerShares QQQ Trust (QQQ) options.

CBOE Trading Volume Current Month

Year-To-Date

(trades in thousands)

Nov-13

Nov-12

% Chg

Oct-13

% Chg

Nov-13

Nov-12

% Chg

Trading Days

20

21


23


231

230


Total Exchange

83,669.8

83,704.1

0%

114,316.0

-27%

984,990.4

987,466.4

0%

Total Exchange ADV

4,183.5

3,985.9

5%

4,970.3

-16%

4,264.0

4,293.3

-1%

Equity Options

38,089.9

31,760.3

20%

45,965.8

-17%

384,278.6

445,777.5

-14%

Equity Options ADV

1,904.5

1,512.4

26%

1,998.5

-5%

1,663.5

1,938.2

-14%

Index Options

25,911.5

29,360.8

-12%

40,164.1

-35%

342,968.6

277,249.8

24%

Index Options ADV

1,295.6

1,398.1

-7%

1,746.3

-26%

1,484.7

1,205.4

23%

ETP Options

19,668.5

22,583.1

-13%

28,186.1

-30%

257,743.2

264,439.1

-3%

ETP Options ADV

983.4

1,075.4

-9%

1,225.5

-20%

1,115.8

1,149.7

-3%

Expanded November 2013 and year-to-date volume information for CBOE index and ETP options is available at: www.cboe.com/data/monthlyvolume.aspx.

CBOE Market Share:

CBOE's market share of total U.S. options industry volume was 26.6 percent in November 2013, an increase of 1.6 percentage points from November 2012 and a decrease of 1.8 percentage points from October 2013.

CBOE Market Share Current Month

Year-To-Date


Nov-13

Nov-12

% Pt. Chg

Oct-13

% Pt. Chg

Nov-13

Nov-12

% Pt. Chg

Total Exchange

26.6%

25.0%

1.6%

28.5%

-1.9%

26.0%

26.8%

-0.8%

Equity Options

19.9%

17.4%

2.5%

20.5%

-0.6%

18.4%

21.2%

-2.8%

Index Options

97.5%

93.9%

3.6%

98.0%

-0.5%

96.6%

94.1%

2.5%

ETP Options

20.3%

18.6%

1.7%

20.7%

-0.4%

19.2%

20.4%

-1.2%











C2 Trading Volume and Market Share

C2 Trading Volume:

  • C2's November trading volume totaled 5.67 million contracts. ADV was 283,700 contracts, a 22-percent increase from November 2012 and a 15-percent decrease from October 2013.
  • Year to date through November, ADV increased 51 percent from the same period a year ago, driven primarily by a 112-percent increase in ETP options volume.

C2 Trading Volume Current Month

Year-To-Date

(trades in thousands)

Nov-13

Nov-12

% Chg

Oct-13

% Chg

Nov-13

Nov-12

% Chg

Trading Days

20

21


23


231

230


Total Exchange

5,673.4

4,866.7

17%

7,720.2

-27%

70,854.5

46,810.4

51%

Total Exchange ADV

283.7

231.7

22%

335.7

-15%

306.7

203.5

51%

Equity Options

994.2

1,946.7

-49%

1,288.7

-23%

13,986.0

18,779.5

-26%

Equity Options ADV

49.7

92.7

-46%

56.0

-11%

60.5

81.6

-26%

Index Options*

18.4

106.0

nm

23.1

-20%

192.4

1,353.3

nm

Index Options ADV*

0.9

5.0

nm

1.0

-9%

0.8

5.9

nm

ETP Options

4,660.8

2,814.0

66%

6,408.5

-27%

56,676.0

26,677.7

112%

ETP Options ADV

233.0

134.0

74%

278.6

-16%

245.4

116.0

112%

*Russell 2000 Index options began trading on C2 on September 3, 2013.  Prior period and year-to-date index options include SPXpmSM, which was moved to CBOEfrom C2 on February 17, 2013.

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C2 Market Share:

C2 market share of total industry volume in November 2013 was 1.8 percent, a 0.3-percentage-point increase from November 2012 and a 0.1-percentage-point decrease from October 2013.

C2  Market Share Current Month

Year-To-Date


Nov-13

Nov-12

% Pt. Chg

Oct-13

% Pt. Chg

Nov-13

Nov-12

% Pt. Chg

Total Exchange

1.8%

1.5%

0.3%

1.9%

-0.1%

1.9%

1.3%

0.6%

Equity Options

0.5%

1.1%

-0.6%

0.6%

-0.1%

0.7%

0.9%

-0.2%

Index Options*

0.1%

0.3%

-0.2%

0.1%

--

0.1%

0.5%

-0.4%

ETP Options

4.8%

2.3%

2.5%

4.7%

0.1%

4.2%

2.1%

2.1%

*Russell 2000 Index options began trading on C2 on September 3, 2013.  Prior period and year-to-date index options include SPXpm, which was moved to CBOE from C2 on February 17, 2013.

CFE Trading Volume and Highlights

  • November trading volume in CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX® Index) futures totaled 2.5 million contracts, a decrease of eight percent from November 2012 and a decrease of 40 percent from October 2013, which was the second highest monthly volume in CFE's history.
  • Average daily volume in VIX futures during November was 126,141 contracts, a decrease of three percent from November 2012 and a decrease of 31 percent from October.
  • Year to date through November, VIX futures ADV was up 71 percent from the same period in 2012.
  • CFE launched the second phase of its extended trading hours (ETH) initiative for VIX futures on November 4 — an additional five-hour period that opens for trading prior to the previous 7:00 a.m. CT opening time. The 2:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. CT period benefits U.S. customers seeking longer VIX futures trading hours and European-based customers who can now trade VIX futures during their local trading hours.

CBOE Holdings Average Revenue Per Contract 

The following represents the average revenue per contract based on a three-month rolling average, reported on a one-month lag.  The average revenue per contract represents total transaction fees for CBOE, C2 and CFE recognized for the period divided by total contracts traded on all three exchanges during the period.  Average revenue per contract can be affected by various factors, including exchange fee rates, volume-based discounts and transaction mix by contract type and product type.

(In Dollars)

Three-Month Period Ended

Product:

Oct-13

Sep-13

Aug-13

Jul-13

Equity Options

$0.076

$0.077

$0.081

$0.082

Index Options

$0.666

$0.669

$0.671

$0.670

ETP Options

$0.124

$0.123

$0.122

$0.121

     Total Options Average Revenue Per Contract

$0.278

$0.273

$0.278

$0.282

Futures

$1.548

$1.559

$1.533

$1.544

     Total Average Revenue Per Contract

$0.320

$0.315

$0.321

$0.324