CBOE Futures Exchange Reports January 2015 Trading Volume

CHICAGO, Feb. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE^®) today reported that January 2015 monthly average daily volume (ADV) and monthly total volume, both for exchange-wide at CFE and futures on the CBOE Volatility Index^® (VIX^® Index), rose from year-ago levels.

VIX Futures

January average daily volume in VIX futures was 228,436 contracts, an increase of nine percent from January 2014 and up one percent from December 2014. Total volume in VIX futures for January was 4.6 million contracts, up four percent from a year ago and down eight percent from the previous month.      

Total CFE

January exchange-wide ADV was 228,683 contracts, a nine-percent increase from January 2014 and a one-percent increase from December 2014.  Exchange-wide total volume during the month was 4.6 million contracts, a four-percent increase from a year ago and an eight-percent decline from the previous month.     

About CBOE Futures Exchange

CBOE Futures Exchange currently offers ten contracts: CBOE Volatility Index (VIX Index) futures (VX), CBOE Short-Term Volatility Index (VXST) futures (VSW), S&P 500 Variance futures (VA), CBOE/CBOT 10-year U.S. Treasury Note Volatility Index (VXTYN) futures (VXTY), CBOE NASDAQ-100 Volatility Index (VXN) futures (VN), CBOE Russell 2000 Volatility Index (RVX) futures (VU), CBOE Gold ETF Volatility Index (GVZ) security futures (GV), CBOE Crude Oil ETF Volatility Index (OVX) security futures (OV), CBOE Emerging Markets ETF Volatility Index (VXEEM) security futures (VXEM) and CBOE Brazil ETF Volatility Index (VXEWZ) security futures (VXEW).   

CFE, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE), offers an all-electronic, open-access market model, with traders providing liquidity and making markets. CFE is regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and all trades are cleared by the OCC. More information on CFE and its products, including contract specifications, can be found at: http://cfe.cboe.com/.   

CBOE-EF

CBOE^®, Chicago Board Options Exchange^®, CFE^®, Execute Success^®, CBOE Volatility Index^®, VIX^® and VXTYN^® are registered trademarks, and CBOE Futures Exchange^SM, CBOE Short-Term Volatility Index^SM, U.S. Treasury Note Volatility Index^SM, CBOE Nasdaq-100 Volatility Index^SM, VXN^SM, VN^SM, CBOE Brazil ETF Volatility Index^SM, VXEW^SM, VXEWZ^SM, CBOE Crude Oil ETF Volatility Index^SM, OVX^SM, OV^SM, CBOE Emerging Markets ETF Volatility Index^SM, VXEM^SM, VXEEM^SM, CBOE Gold ETF Volatility Index^SM, GVZ^SM, GV^SM, CBOE Russell 2000 Volatility Index^SM, RVX^SM, VA^SM, VU^SM, VX^SM  and VXST^SM are service marks of Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated (CBOE). Standard & Poor's^®, S&P^® and S&P 500^® are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services, LLC and have been licensed for use by CBOE and CFE. Nasdaq^® and Nasdaq-100^® are registered trademarks of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. and have been licensed for use by CBOE and CFE.

CBOT is a trademark of CME Group, Inc. (CME). CBOE has, with the permission of CME, used such trademark in the CBOE/CBOT 10 Year U.S. T-Note Volatility Index. CME makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in any investment product that is based on such index.

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SOURCE CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC

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