CBOE Experiences Busiest Trading Day In Its History, Volume Of 6.9m Contracts Tops Record Set Earlier This Year

Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that it experienced the busiest trading day in its 34-year history on Thursday, July 26, 2007 as a reported 6,970,528 contracts traded at the largest options exchange in the U.S. Today's volume topped the previous high of 6,722,060 contracts traded on Tuesday, February 27, 2007.

Today's trading marked the fourth time in CBOE history where single-day volume exceeded the six million contract mark. The other days, all this year, were: February 27 (6,722,060 contracts), March 14 (6,460,153 contracts), and July 20 (6,289,339 contracts). Of the ten busiest single trading days in CBOE history, six have already occurred during 2007, while the remaining four are from 2006.

Through the first half of 2007, CBOE's total volume is 425,995,167 contracts, up 26% from the 338,398,506 contracts traded during the first six months of 2006, which was an all-time record for annual trading volume. Average daily volume at CBOE for the first six months of 2007 stood at 3,435,445 contracts at the end of June.