CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) announced that Monday, June 18 was the most active trading day in CFE history. Volume totaled 160,552 contracts traded throughout its full suite of products. Today's record volume surpassed the previous high of 152,133 contracts set on August 5, 2011. In addition, trading volume in futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (the VIX Index) also established a new single-day record today as 159,744 contracts traded, eclipsing the previous record of 152,067 contracts, also on August 5, 2011.
Today's single-day records come on the heels of the most active trading month in CFE history. During May 2012, trading volume, both exchange-wide and in VIX futures, exceeded two million contracts for the first time ever. Last month, total exchange volume hit 2,022,433 contracts, while 2,000,154 VIX futures contracts changed hands.
Through the end of May, CFE's year-to-date trading volume stood at 7,838,752 contracts, 76 percent ahead of the 4,463,758 contracts from 2011.