CBOE Holdings Reports November Trading Volume

-- 2014 Volume Will Be Highest Ever

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Dec 01, 2014, 03:19 ET

CHICAGO, Dec. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) reported today that trading volume for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange^® (CBOE^®) and C2 Options Exchange^SM (C2^SM) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures Exchange^SM (CFE^®) totaled 85.57 million contracts in November. Average daily volume (ADV) was 4.50 million contracts, a two-percent decrease from November 2013 and a 36-percent decrease from October 2014, the busiest month ever in CBOE Holdings' history.

ADV through November is up 11 percent from the same period one year ago. With one month remaining in 2014, CBOE Holdings year-to-date volume has already matched 2011's record annual volume of 1.21 billion contracts.

CBOE Holdings Consolidated Trading Volume						Year to Date
(Contracts in thousands)	Nov-14	Nov-13	% Chg	Oct-14	% Chg	Nov-14	Nov-13	% Chg
Trading Days	19	20		23		230	231
Total Contracts (options & futures)	85,574.4	91,904.6	-7%	163,075.6	-48%	1,212,831.6	1,092,837.1	11%
Total Options Contracts (CBOE & C2)	82,903.4	89,343.2	-7%	155,616.9	-47%	1,167,209.2	1,055,844.9	11%
Total Futures Contracts (CFE)	2,671.0	2,561.4	4%	7,458.7	-64%	45,622.4	36,992.2	23%

Total ADV (options & futures)	4,503.9	4,595.2	-2%	7,090.2	-36%	5,273.2	4,730.9	11%
Total Options ADV (CBOE & C2)	4,363.3	4,467.1	-2%	6,765.9	-36%	5,074.8	4,570.8	11%
Total Futures ADV (CFE)	140.6	128.1	10%	324.3	-57%	198.4	160.1	24%

CBOE Trading Volume and Market Share

CBOE Trading Volume:

CBOE's November volume totaled 77.04 million contracts, and ADV was 4.05 million contracts, a three-percent decrease from November 2013 and a 35-percent decrease from October's ADV, which was an all-time high.
Index options ADV was 1.27 million contracts, a two-percent decrease from November 2013 and a 45-percent decrease from record monthly ADV in October.
Exchange traded product (ETP) options ADV was 979,100 contracts, even with November 2013 and a 48-percent decrease from October.
Equity options ADV was 1.81 million contracts, a five-percent decrease from November 2013 and a 14-percent decrease from October.
The five most actively traded index and ETP options at CBOE in November were options on the S&P 500 Index (SPX), Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipt (SPY), CBOE Volatility Index^® (VIX^® Index), iShares Trust - Russell 2000^® Index Fund (IWM) and PowerShares QQQ Trust (QQQ).

CBOE Trading Volume Current Month						Year to Date
(contracts in thousands)	Nov-14	Nov-13	% Chg	Oct-14	% Chg	Nov-14	Nov-13	% Chg
Trading Days	19	20		23		230	231
Total Exchange	77,043.6	83,669.8	-8%	144,549.1	-47%	1,092,851.1	984,990.4	11%
Total Exchange ADV	4,054.9	4,183.5	-3%	6,284.7	-35%	4,751.5	4,264.0	11%
Equity Options	34,328.1	38,089.9	-10%	48,592.1	-29%	439,306.6	384,278.6	14%
Equity Options ADV	1,806.7	1,904.5	-5%	2,112.7	-14%	1,910.0	1,663.5	15%
Index Options	24,112.6	25,911.5	-7%	52,751.9	-54%	370,478.0	342,968.6	8%
Index Options ADV	1,269.1	1,295.6	-2%	2,293.6	-45%	1,610.8	1,484.7	8%
ETP Options	18,602.9	19,668.5	-5%	43,205.1	-57%	283,066.5	257,743.2	10%
ETP Options ADV	979.1	983.4	0%	1,878.5	-48%	1,230.7	1,115.8	10%

Expanded November 2014 and year-to-date 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 26.1 percent in November 2014, a decrease of 0.5 of a percentage point from November 2013 and a decrease of 3.3 percentage points from October.

CBOE Market Share Current Month						Year to Date
	Nov-14	Nov-13	% Pt. Chg	Oct-14	% Pt. Chg	Nov-14	Nov-13	% Pt. Chg
Total Exchange	26.1%	26.6%	-0.5%	29.4%	-3.3%	27.9%	26.0%	1.9%
Equity Options	19.5%	19.9%	-0.4%	20.6%	-1.1%	20.3%	18.4%	1.9%
Index Options	97.2%	97.5%	-0.3%	96.7%	0.5%	96.5%	96.6%	-0.1%
ETP Options	19.7%	20.3%	-0.6%	21.5%	-1.8%	20.7%	19.2%	1.5%

C2 Trading Volume and Market Share

C2 Trading Volume:

C2 November trading volume totaled 5.86 million contracts. ADV was 308,400 contracts, a nine-percent increase from November 2013 and a 36-percent decrease from October 2014's all-time-high ADV.

C2 Trading Volume Current Month						Year to Date
(contracts in thousands)	Nov-14	Nov-13	% Chg	Oct-14	% Chg	Nov-14	Nov-13	% Chg
Trading Days	19	20		23		230	231
Total Exchange	5,859.9	5,673.4	3%	11,067.8	-47%	74,358.1	70,854.5	5%
Total Exchange ADV	308.4	283.7	9%	481.2	-36%	323.3	306.7	5%
Equity Options	1,063.5	994.2	7%	1,395.0	-24%	10,418.0	13,986.0	-26%
Equity Options ADV	56.0	49.7	13%	60.7	-8%	45.3	60.5	-25%
Index Options	46.2	18.4	151%	108.3	-57%	478.3	192.4	149%
Index Options ADV	2.4	0.9	165%	4.7	-48%	2.1	0.8	150%
ETP Options	4,750.2	4,660.8	2%	9,564.5	-50%	63,461.8	56,676.0	12%
ETP Options ADV	250.0	233.0	7%	415.8	-40%	275.9	245.4	12%

C2 Market Share:

C2 market share of total industry volume in November 2014 was two percent, an increase of 0.2 of a percentage point from November 2013 and a decrease of 0.3 of a percentage point from October.

C2 Market Share Current Month						Year to Date
	Nov-14	Nov-13	% Pt. Chg	Oct-14	% Pt. Chg	Nov-14	Nov-13	% Pt. Chg
Total Exchange	2.0%	1.8%	0.2%	2.3%	-0.3%	1.9%	1.9%	--
Equity Options	0.6%	0.5%	0.1%	0.6%	--	0.5%	0.7%	-0.2%
Index Options	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	--	0.1%	0.1%	--
ETP Options	5.0%	4.8%	0.2%	4.8%	0.2%	4.7%	4.2%	0.5%

CBOE Futures Exchange Trading Volume and Highlights

November ADV for VIX futures was 140,325 contracts, up 11 percent from November 2013 and down 57 percent from October's record ADV.
Through the end of November, VIX futures volume and ADV were up 24 percent from the same period a year ago.

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:	Oct-14	Sep-14	Aug-14	Jul-14
Equity Options	$0.078	$0.077	$0.076	$0.074
Index Options	$0.690	$0.680	$0.677	$0.671
ETP Options	$0.112	$0.115	$0.114	$0.112
Total Options Average Revenue Per Contract	$0.288	$0.275	$0.281	$0.275
Futures	$1.598	$1.625	$1.631	$1.651
Total Average Revenue Per Contract	$0.344	$0.329	$0.336	$0.324

About CBOE Holdings

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) is the holding company for Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated (CBOE), CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) and other subsidiaries. CBOE, the largest U.S. options exchange and creator of listed options, continues to set the bar for options and volatility trading through product innovation, trading technology and investor education. CBOE Holdings offers equity, index and ETP options, including proprietary products, such as S&P 500 options (SPX), the most active U.S. index option, and options and futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (the VIX Index). Other products engineered by CBOE include equity options, security index options, Weeklys options, LEAPS options, FLEX options, and benchmark products such as the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM). CBOE Holdings is home to the world-renowned Options Institute and www.cboe.com, the go-to place for options and volatility trading resources.

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