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CBOE Holdings Reports September Volume - Year-To-Date Volume: Index Options Up 24 Percent, VIX Futures Up 86 Percent

Date 02/10/2013

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) reported today that September trading volume for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) and C2 Options Exchange (C2SM) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures ExchangeSM (CFE®)  totaled 95.48 million contracts. Average daily volume (ADV) was 4.77 million contracts, a three-percent increase from August 2013 and a two-percent decrease from September 2012.

Year to date, CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX® Index) futures trading volume through September was 86 percent higher than for the same period a year ago.   

CBOE Holdings Consolidated Trading Volume

Year-To-Date

(trades in thousands)

Sep-13

Sep-12

% Chg

Aug-13

% Chg

Sep-13

Sep-12

% Chg

Trading Days

20

19


22


188

188


Total Contracts      (options & futures)

95,479.1

92,870.4

3%

101,716.9

-6%

874,690.5

878,568.7

--

Total Options Contracts      (CBOE & C2)

92,502.5

90,459.9

2%

98,189.2

-6%

844,465.4

862,316.6

-2%

Total Futures Contracts (CFE)

2,976.6

2,410.5

23%

3,527.7

-16%

30,225.1

16,252.1

86%










Total ADV                 (options & futures)

4,774.0

4,887.9

-2%

4,623.5

3%

4,652.6

4,673.2

0%

Total Options ADV    (CBOE & C2)

4,625.2

4,761.0

-3%

4,463.2

4%

4,491.8

4,586.8

-2%

Total Futures ADV      (CFE)

148.8

126.9

17%

160.3

-7%

160.8

86.4

86%

CBOE Trading Volume and Market Share

CBOE Trading Volume:

  • CBOE's September trading volume totaled 87.21 million contracts. ADV in September was 4.36 million contracts, a five-percent decrease from September 2012 and a four-percent increase from August 2013.
  • Index options ADV was 1.47 million contracts, a six-percent increase from September 2012 and an eight-percent increase from August 2013. Year to date through September, index options ADV is up 24 percent from a year ago. 
  • Exchange trade product (ETP) options ADV was 1.11 million contracts, a six-percent decrease from September 2012 and one-percent decrease from August 2013.
  • Equity options ADV was 1.78 million contracts, an 11-percent decrease from September 2012 and a five-percent increase from August 2013.
  • The five most actively traded index and ETP options at CBOE in September were S&P 500® Index (SPXSM) options, CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX® Index) options Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipt (SPY) options, iShares Trust - Russell 2000® Index Fund (IWM) options and iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX) options.

CBOE Trading Volume Current Month

Year-To-Date

(trades in thousands)

Sep-13

Sep-12

% Chg

Aug-13

% Chg

Sep-13

Sep-12

% Chg

Trading Days

20

19


22


188

188


Total Exchange

87,208.4

86,948.4

--

91,948.5

-5%

787,004.5

824,658.1

-5%

Total Exchange ADV

4,360.4

4,576.2

-5%

4,179.5

4%

4,186.2

4,386.5

-5%

Equity Options

35,685.8

38,213.5

-7%

37,329.6

-4%

300,222.9

378,966.3

-21%

Equity Options ADV

1,784.3

2,011.2

-11%

1,696.8

5%

1,596.9

2,015.8

-21%

Index Options

29,319.5

26,394.3

11%

29,996.6

-2%

276,893.0

223,016.1

24%

Index Options ADV

1,466.0

1,389.2

6%

1,363.5

8%

1,472.8

1,186.3

24%

ETP Options

22,203.1

22,340.6

-1%

24,622.3

-10%

209,888.5

222,675.7

-6%

ETP Options ADV

1,110.2

1,175.8

-6%

1,119.2

-1%

1,116.4

1,184.4

-6%










Expanded full-year and September 2013 volume information for CBOE index and ETP options is available at: www.cboe.com/data/monthlyvolume.aspx.

CBOE Market Share: 
CBOE's market share of total U.S. options industry volume was 27.6 percent in September 2013, an increase of 1.2 percentage points from September 2012 and a decrease of one percentage point from August 2013. 

CBOE Market Share Current Month

Year-To-Date


Sep-13

Sep-12

%  Pt. Chg

Aug-13

% Pt. Chg

Sep-13

Sep-12

% Pt. Chg

Total Exchange

27.6%

26.4%

1.2%

28.6%

-1.0%

25.6%

27.2%

-1.6%

Equity Options

20.6%

21.2%

-0.6%

21.1%

-0.5%

17.9%

22.0%

-4.1%

Index Options

97.5%

93.6%

3.9%

97.5%

--

96.3%

94.0%

2.3%

ETP Options

19.8%

18.5%

1.3%

21.6%

-1.8%

18.9%

20.8%

-1.9%

C2 Trading Volume and Market Share

C2 Trading Volume:

  • C2's September trading volume totaled 5.29 million contracts. ADV was 264,700 contracts, a 43-percent increase from September 2012 and a seven-percent decrease fromAugust 2013.
  • Year to date through September, ADV increased 53 percent from the same period a year ago, with ETPs options ADV -- up 113 percent -- driving year-to-date increases.
  • On September 3, C2 listed Russell 2000 Index options for trading.

C2 Trading Volume Current Month

Year-To-Date

(trades in thousands)

Sep-13

Sep-12

% Chg

Aug-13

% Chg

Sep-13

Sep-12

% Chg

Trading Days

20

19


22


188

188


Total Exchange

5,294.0

3,511.5

51%

6,240.8

-15%

57,460.9

37,658.5

53%

Total Exchange ADV

264.7

184.8

43%

283.7

-7%

305.6

200.3

53%

Equity Options

938.4

1,362.0

-31%

1,217.5

-23%

11,703.2

15,101.0

-23%

Equity Options ADV

46.9

71.7

-35%

55.4

-15%

62.3

80.3

-23%

Index Options*

14.7

99.7

nm

--

nm

151.0

1,104.8

nm

Index Options ADV*

0.7

5.2

nm

--

nm

0.8

5.9

nm

ETP Options

4,340.9

2,049.8

112%

5,023.3

-14%

45,606.8

21,452.7

113%

ETP Options ADV

217.0

107.9

101%

228.3

-5%

242.6

114.1

113%

*Russell 2000 Index options began trading on C2 on September 3, 2013.  Prior period and year-to-date index options include SPXpm, which was moved to CBOE from C2 on February 17, 2013.

nm — not meaningful

C2 Market Share:
C2 market share of total industry volume in September 2013 was 1.7 percent, a 0.6-percentage- point increase from September 2012 and a 0.2-percentage-point decrease from August 2013.

C2  Market Share Current Month

Year-To-Date


Sep-13

Sep-12

% Pt.  Chg

Aug-13

% Pt. Chg

Sep-13

Sep-12

% Pt.  Chg

Total Exchange

1.7%

1.1%

0.6%

1.9%

-0.2%

1.9%

1.2%

0.7%

Equity Options

0.5%

0.8%

-0.3%

0.7%

-0.2%

0.7%

0.9%

-0.2%

Index Options*

0.1%

0.4%

-0.3%

--

0.1%

0.1%

0.5%

-0.4

ETP Options

3.9%

1.7%

1.9%

4.4%

-0.5%

4.1%

2.0%

2.1%

*Russell 2000 Index options began trading on C2 on September 3, 2013.  Prior period and year-to-date index options include SPXpm, which was moved to CBOE from C2 on February 17, 2013.

CBOE Futures Exchange Trading Volume and Highlights

  • September trading volume for VIX futures totaled 2.96 million contracts. Average daily trading volume in VIX futures was 148,039 contracts, a 17-percent increase fromSeptember 2012 and a seven-percent decrease from August 2013.   
  • Year to date through September, VIX futures volume totaled over 30 million contracts, an 86-percent increase from the same period in 2012.
  • Announced yesterday:

CBOE Holdings Average Revenue Per Contract  
The following represents the 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 on all three exchanges during the period.  Average revenue 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:

Aug-13

Jul-13

Jun-13

May-13

Equity Options

$0.081

$0.082

$0.090

$0.094

Index Options

$0.671

$0.670

$0.675

$0.674

ETP Options

$0.122

$0.121

$0.119

$0.119

     Total Options Average Revenue Per Contract

$0.278

$0.282

$0.289

$0.295

Futures

$1.533

$1.544

$1.544

$1.594

     Total Average Revenue Per Contract

$0.321

$0.324

$0.334

$0.341