Educational Tours

Educational Tours for the Investing Public

Cboe Tours allow visitors to encounter the fast-paced environment of the nation's largest options marketplace and engage in its rich history. Our knowledgeable tour guides and veteran options traders will help to demystify the economics of options trading and personify the many stories as retold from their unique perspective. See, hear and feel the frenzy of live trading as it can only be experienced on the Cboe trading floor!

OurTours allow trading firms, financial professionals or investment groups, college level finance students and select other individuals or groups, ages 18 and older, to choose from two guided tour options, the Cboe Experience and Just a Tour.

All Tours include:

• Access to the Cboe trading floor
• Guided, narrated tour
• Visitor Q&A session

Cboe Experience Tour

A Cboe Experience Tour allows tours for individuals or larger groups (up to 50 people) the opportunity to create a customized tour that is both meaningful and memorable for all participants. This “experience” includes a 1-hour narrated tour of the Cboe trading floor and a unique view into the S&P 500^® Index pit during live trading. The experience can be enhanced with several features including a basic, intermediate or advanced level options class for an additional fee.

Tour Option I:

• Veteran Cboe options trader and tour guide
• 1-hour "all-access" tour of Cboe trading floor
• Visitor Q&A Session
• Customized, souvenir trading badge --- for each attendee!
• Group Fee: $1,000

Tour Option II:

• Veteran Cboe options trader and tour guide
• 1-hour "all-access" tour of Cboe trading floor
• 1-hr options class (basic, intermediate, advanced level)
• Visitor Q&A Session
• Meeting space with "bird's-eye view" of trading floor
• Customized, souvenir trading badge --- for each attendee!
• Group Fee: $1,500

To schedule your group tour, email us at: OIAdmin@cboe.com

Just a Tour - ending July 27, 2018

The Just a Tour allows individuals and smaller groups less than 10 to revel in the excitement and energy of the Cboe trading floor during a 30-minute narrated tour. The participant's experience begins with an expansive view of the trading pits as seen from our Visitor's Gallery and concludes with a 15-minute Q&A session. Just a Tour is complimentary and is conducted on various Fridays throughout the year.

We will be ending this tour July 27, 2018, so take advantage of this tour while you can! Space is limited. View our Seminar Schedule for available dates.

This tour is designed for smaller groups (less than 10) or individuals. If you are a group of 10 or more, please consider our Cboe Experience Tour.

View our FAQ page for additional tour information and individual/group restrictions.