Average daily volume (ADV) during February for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and C2 Options Exchange (C2) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) was 4.7 million contracts, a decrease of 22 per cent from February 2014 and a decline of 13 per cent from January 2015.
Total options and futures volume at CBOE Holdings during February was 88.5 million contracts, a decrease of 22 percent from a year ago and down 17 per cent from January 2015.
CBOE's ADV during the month was 4.2 million contracts, down 23 per cent from February 2014 and a decline of 12 per cent from January. Exchange-wide trading volume totalled 79.7 million contracts, down 23 per cent from a year ago and off 17 percent from the previous month.
During the month, ADV in equity options decreased 16 per cent, exchange-traded product (ETP) options decreased 25 per cent and index options decreased 28 per cent from February 2014.
CBOE's market share of total US options industry volume was 26.3 per cent in February 2015, a decrease of 3.6 percentage points from February 2014 and a decline of 0.7 percentage points from January 2015.
