OneChicago Reports 472% Increase In August Volume, Up 169% YTD

OneChicago, LLC today reported that 399,415 security futures contracts traded at the Exchange in August, 472% higher than August 2004 volume. The average daily volume in August was 17,366. Year-to-date volume is up 169%.

Open interest reached a record of 1,335,410 contracts August 18, ahead of the August 19 contract expiration.

Each single stock futures contract is equivalent to 100 shares of the underlying stock or exchange-traded fund. The top five single stock futures contracts by volume in August were:

• Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK1C)
• Bank of America (BAC1C)
• Coca-Cola Co. (KO1C)
• Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ1C)
• Intel Corp. (INTC1C)

The Exchange lists 183 futures on single stocks, including futures on the DIAMONDS® Trust, as well as the first of the OneChicago Select Indexes, a new series of customer-designed narrow-based security index futures launched in July.

OneChicago is a joint venture of the Chicago Board Options Exchange Incorporated® (CBOE®), Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®). All products are electronically traded on the CBOEdirect® match engine and accessible through the CBOEdirect and GLOBEX® platforms. Security futures can be traded out of either securities or futures accounts. For more information about OneChicago and its products, please access the OneChicago Web site at www.OneChicago.com.

Click here to download August's volume report.