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CBOE Holdings Reports July 2015 Trading Volume

Date 03/08/2015

  • Total Volume of 106.5 Million Contracts Up 7% From June, Down 2% From Year Ago  
  • ADV of 4.8 Million Contracts, Up 7% From June, 
    Down 2% From Year Ago

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) reported today that total trading volume in July for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) and C2 Options Exchange (C2) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE®) was 106.5 million contracts, an increase of 7 percent from June 2015 and a decrease of 2 percent from July 2014.

Total options and futures average daily volume (ADV) at CBOE Holdings for July was 4.8 million contracts, an increase of 7 percent from June 2015 and a decrease of 2 percent from July 2014.   

CBOE Holdings Consolidated Trading Volume

Year-To-Date

(Contracts in thousands)

July
 2015

July 
2014

% Chg

June
2015

% Chg

July 
2015

July 
2014

% Chg

Trading Days

22

22

 

22

 

146

146

 

Total Contracts      (options & futures)

106,476.4

108,885.7

-2%

99,180.8

7%

673,054.8

756,133.3

-11%

Total Options Contracts      
(CBOE & C2)

101,457.7

104,543.6

-3%

94,539.0

7%

645,080.3

728,965.7

-12%

Total Futures Contracts 
(CFE)

5,018.7

4,342.1

16%

4,641.8

8%

27,974.5

27,167.6

3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total ADV
(options & futures)

4,839.8

4,949.4

-2%

4,508.2

7%

4,610.0

5,179.0

-11%

Total Options ADV
(CBOE & C2)

4,611.7

4,752.0

-3%

4,297.2

7%

4,418.4

4,992.9

-12%

Total Futures ADV
(CFE)

228.1

197.4

16%

211.0

8%

191.6

186.1

3%

CBOE Trading Volume and Market Share

CBOE Volume: July  

  • CBOE’s ADV for the month was 4.3 million contracts, up 7 percent from June 2015 and down 4 percent from July 2014. Exchangewide trading volume totaled 93.9 million contracts, an increase of 7 percent from the previous month and a decrease of 4 percent from a year ago.
  • July ADV in index options rose 8 percent, exchange-traded product (ETP) options increased 3 percent, and equity options increased 10 percent from June 2015.       
  • Expanded volume information for CBOE index and ETP options is available at: www.cboe.com/data/monthlyvolume.aspx.

CBOE Trading Volume Current Month

Year-To-Date

(contracts in thousands)

July 
2015

July
2014

% Chg

June
2015

% Chg

July 
2015

July
2014

% Chg

Trading Days

22

22

 

22

 

146

146

 

Total Exchange

93,889.8

97,665.5

-4%

87,656.2

7%

597,580.4

685,679.9

-13%

Total Exchange ADV

4,267.7

4,439.3

-4%

3,984.4

7%

4,093.0

4,696.4

-13%

Equity Options

31,497.6

42,011.1

-25%

28,686.0

10%

226,249.5

282,918.5

-20%

Equity Options ADV

1,431.7

1,909.6

-25%

1,303.9

10%

1,549.7

1,937.8

-20%

Index Options

38,387.4

31,527.7

22%

35,564.6

8%

214,161.4

230,772.5

-7%

Index Options ADV

1,744.9

1,433.1

22%

1,616.6

8%

1,466.9

1,580.6

-7%

ETP Options

24,004.8

24,126.7

-1%

23,405.6

3%

157,169.6

171,988.8

-9%

ETP Options ADV

1,091.1

1,096.7

-1%

1,063.9

3%

1,076.5

1,178.0

-9%

CBOE Market Share: July    

  • CBOE’s market share of total U.S. options industry volume was 24.8 percent in July, a decrease of 1.4 percentage points from June 2015 and a decrease of 2.7 percentage points from July 2014.

CBOE Market Share Current Month

Year-To-Date

 

July 2015

July 2014

% Pt. Chg

June 2015

% Pt. Chg

July 2015

July 2014

% Pt. Chg

Total Exchange

24.8%

27.5%

-2.7%

26.2%

-1.4%

25.6%

28.1%

-2.5%

Equity Options

15.6%

20.0%

-4.4%

16.8%

-1.2%

17.7%

20.7%

-3.0%

Index Options

98.3%

95.5%

2.8%

98.6%

-0.3%

97.5%

96.5%

1.0%

ETP Options

17.4%

21.6%

-4.2%

18.3%

-0.9%

18.8%

20.7%

-1.9%

C2 Trading Volume and Market Share

C2 Volume: July

  • C2’s July trading volume totaled 7.6 million contracts, an increase of 10 percent from June 2015 and an increase of 10 percent from July 2014.  ADV was 343,996 contracts, a 10-percent increase from June 2015 and a 10-percent increase from July 2014.

C2 Trading Volume Current Month

Year-To-Date

(contracts in thousands)

July 2015

July 2014

% Chg

June 
2015

% Chg

July 
2015

July 
2014

% Chg

Trading Days

22

22

 

22

 

146

146

 

Total Exchange

7,567.9

6,878.1

10%

6,882.8

10%

47,499.9

43,285.9

10%

Total Exchange ADV

344.0

312.6

10%

312.9

10%

325.3

296.5

10%

Equity Options

2,210.5

985.4

124%

1,891.3

17%

14,133.5

5,896.3

140%

Equity Options ADV

100.5

44.8

124%

86.0

17%

96.8

40.4

140%

Index Options

180.1

40.3

347%

168.3

7%

798.8

249.0

221%

Index Options ADV

8.2

1.8

347%

7.7

7%

5.5

1.7

221%

ETP Options

5,177.3

5,852.4

-12%

4,823.2

7%

32,567.6

37,140.6

-12%

ETP Options ADV

235.3

266.0

-12%

219.2

7%

223.1

254.4

-12%

C2 Market Share: July

  • C2 market share of total industry volume in July was 2.0 percent, a decrease of 0.1 percentage points from June 2015 and up 0.1 of a percentage point from July 2014.

C2  Market Share Current Month

Year-To-Date

 

July 2015

July 2014

% Pt. Chg

June 2015

% Pt. Chg

July 2015

July 2014

% Pt. Chg

Total Exchange

2.0%

1.9%

0.1%

2.1%

-0.1%

2.0%

1.8%

0.2%

Equity Options

1.1%

0.5%

0.6%

1.1%

--

1.1%

0.4%

0.7%

Index Options

0.5%

0.1%

0.4%

0.5%

--

0.4%

0.1%

0.3%

ETP Options

3.8%

5.2%

-1.4%

3.8%

--

3.9%

4.5%

-0.6%

CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) Trading Volume

CFE Volume: July    

  • Total ADV at CFE was 228,123 contracts in July, an 8-percent increase from June 2015 and up 16 percent from July 2014. Total volume at CFE during the month was 5.0 million contracts, an increase of 8 percent from the previous month and 16 percent from the year-ago total.   
  • July average daily volume in CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX® Index) futures was 227,970 contracts, an increase of 8 percent from June 2015 and up 16 percent from July 2014. Total volume in VIX futures for July was 5.0 million contracts, an increase of 8 percent from the previous month and 16 percent from a year ago.
  • July’s total and average daily volumes for VIX futures rank second in terms of all-time monthly records, trailing only the 7.4 million total and 323,761 ADV traded in October 2014.   

CBOE Holdings Average Revenue Per Contract 

The following represents 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 during the period. Average transaction fees 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:

      Jun-15

May-15

Apr-15

Mar-15

Equity Options

$0.093

$0.087

$0.077

$0.077

Index Options

$0.697

$0.701

$0.707

$0.712

ETP Options

$0.117

$0.114

$0.115

$0.118

     Total Options Average Revenue Per Contract

$0.308

$0.290

$0.280

$0.284

Futures

$1.758

$1.775

$1.762

$1.705

     Total Average Revenue Per Contract

$0.368

$0.348

$0.336

$0.340