Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) set several volume records in 2007 as more investors explored risk management and yield enhancement strategies. Here are some reasons to Choose CBOE.
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#1 in Options Volume
Since CBOE founded the listed options business in 1973, it has been the leader in options volume every single year. In 2007, CBOE options contract volume was an all-time record of 944,471,924 contracts (up 40% over the previous year).
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#1 in Notional Value of Volume
It is estimated that CBOE traded more than $24 trillion in notional value of listed options in 2007. Notional value of volume is an important concept for institutional investors with large investment portfolios to manage.
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#1 in Index Options Volume
In 2007 average daily volume in CBOE options on indexes and ETFs was 1,766,921 contracts—a 56% increase over 2006.
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#1 in Index Options Product Line
CBOE now offers more than 90 different index options contracts (including options on index ETFs and on cash-settled indexes).
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#1 in S&P Options Volume
Since its introduction of S&P Index Options in 1983, CBOE's total volume in S&P options is more than 1.7 billion. In 2007, average daily volume for CBOE's S&P 500® options was a record 629,819 contacts (or about $90 billion in notional value per day).
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More Interest in Options Benchmark Indexes.
A case study by Ibbotson Associates noted that the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM) has had less volatility (in terms of standard deviation of returns) than other key indexes. In the past four years, investors have allocated more than $35 billion in assets to new buy-write products. Visit www.cboe.com/buywrite for more details. |
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