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CBOE Futures Exchange Reports Record Trading Volume for 2015 

05 Jan 2016 by OneStopBrokers
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January 4, 2016

  • Sixth Consecutive Record Year for VIX Futures 
  • More Than 51 Million VIX Futures Contracts Traded
  • VIX Futures’ Extended Hours Volume Hits 4.6 Million Contracts

CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE®) today reported that annual total trading volume and annual daily volume for both total exchangewide activity and for futures on the CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX® Index) reached new all-time highs in 2015, posting trading records for the sixth consecutive year.

VIX Futures  
Trading volume in VIX futures set a new annual record with 51.6 million contracts  in 2015,  an increase of 2 percent from 2014.  Average daily volume (ADV) in VIX futures was a record 204,856 contracts, up 2 percent from 2014.

In the first full year of nearly 24-hour trading, VIX futures posted volume of 4.6 million contracts in extended (non-U.S.) trading hours, with an ADV of more than 18,000 contracts, representing nearly 9 percent of total volume.

Total CFE
Exchangewide trading volume at CFE totaled a record 51.7 million contracts for the year, up 2 percent from 2014.  Total ADV at CFE reached a new high of 205,062 contracts, up 2 percent from 2014.

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Source: CBOE – CBOE Futures Exchange Reports Record Trading Volume for 2015

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