CBOT September 2001 Order Routing Volume Statistics

Members and member firms continue to increase their use of trading floor technology.

• 37% of total orders, representing 46% of agricultural orders and 30% of financial orders were managed and endorsed by brokers using ECs.
• Year-to-date, more than 19 million contracts were entered and more than 9 million contracts were filled by brokers using ECs. This represents increases of 73% and 75%, respectively, over last year's volume to date.
• Year-to-date, more than 3.7 million orders were entered and more than 1.2 orders were filled by brokers using ECs. This represents increases of 42% and 44%, respectively, over last year's volume to date.