Cboe Global Indices is a leader in the creation and dissemination of volatility and derivatives-based indices, offering services that span product design, calculation, administration, listing, trading and benchmark licensing. As the largest U.S. options exchange operator, Cboe's pool of derivatives data and proprietary pricing algorithms enable its Global Indices team to develop complex index concepts that are central to Cboe’s ecosystem. Read on for a recap of the Cboe Global Indices launches and milestones achieved in the third quarter of 2026.
Index Launches in Q3 2026
- Cboe Single Stock Defined Income Series (AAPLDI, AMZNDI, GOOGLDI, METADI, MUDI, NVDADI, PLTRDI, TSLADI): The Cboe Single Stock Defined Income Indices are designed to track a hypothetical daily delta-hedged covered call strategy that holds a long position in the underlying stock (Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), Google (GOOGL), Meta (META), Microsoft (MSFT), Micron Technology (MU), Nvidia (NVDA), Palantir (PLTR) and Tesla (TSLA)), a short weekly out-of-the-money call option on the underlying stock sized to target a 20% annualized yield, a synthetic forward position that hedges that call each day, and a money market account. The indices aim to generate a defined level of income from single stocks without giving up the upside.
- Cboe Edge Volatility Target Indices (EDGEIBIT, EDGEGLD): The Cboe Edge Bitcoin 35% Volatility Target 6% Decrement Index (EDGEIBIT) and the Cboe Edge Gold 35% Volatility Target 6% Decrement Index (EDGEGLD) are designed to measure the performance of five leveraged intermediate indices applied to the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) and the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) respectively, aiming for a fixed volatility target.
Notable Milestones
- Global X’s Nasdaq 100® Covered Call ETF (QYLD), which references the Cboe Nasdaq 100 BuyWrite V2 Index (BXNT) as its benchmark, has surpassed $9 billion in Assets Under Management (AUM).
- Direxion introduced six new single stock Defined Income Boost ETFs (GOIB, MEIB, MUIB, NVIB, PLIB, TSIB) on GOOGL, META, MU, NVDA, PLTR and TSLA respectively. They were launched at the end of July and are linked to Cboe’s Single Stock Defined Income Series. Dive deeper on this launch in Cboe’s latest index blog.
Cboe Insights
- The newest edition of Index Insights offers a comprehensive summary of performance indicators for Cboe’s suite of indices throughout August.
- Our latest index blog explores the recent launches of the Cboe Single Stock Defined Income Indices.
Cboe Global Indices Feed
The latest index data can be accessed through the Cboe Global Indices Feed (CGIF). This is Cboe’s streaming index data feed which delivers real-time values to market participants. The CGIF is a premier source for volatility and derivative-based index values.
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