DXL Introduction

DXL

DJX	128.45	-0.17
BXD	226.77	0.08
VXD	16.20	0.58
DIA	128.12	-0.25
DXL	1284.51	-1.71

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) launched Jumbo-DJX index options based on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), on Tuesday, October 11, 2005. The Jumbo-DJX options (ticker symbol: DXL) are 1/10th the value of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, but ten times larger than the DJX options contract also traded at CBOE. Like DJX options, DXL options are cash-settled.

For more information on the DJIA and DJX options including strategy examples, please visit www.cboe.com/djx.

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