CBOE Holdings: Daily Trading Volume Averages Record 4.8 Million Options Contracts in 2011

CBOE Holdings

today announced record 2011 options trading volume of 1.20 billion contracts for the Chicago Board Options Exchange and C2 Options Exchange, combined, compared to 1.12 billion contracts in 2010. Average daily volume in 2011 reached a new all-time high of 4.78 million contracts, an eight -percent increase from 2010 ADV of 4.44 million contracts. The year 2011 marked CBOE's fourth consecutive year of one-billion-plus contract trading volume. CBOE Futures Exchange trading volume achieved a new all-time high of 12.0 million contracts in 2011, surpassing the 4.4 million contracts traded in 2010 by 174 percent. CFE's record trading activity was propelled by robust volume in CFE's flagship product, futures on the CBOE Volatility Index. During CFE's record-setting year, nearly every major trading metric at the exchange achieved a new all-time high.