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CBOE Vix options thrive on first day
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has recorded a strong first day of trading for its options on its volatility index, Vix. The number of options traded were 4,328 calls and 5,095 puts, totalling 9,423 contracts by the end of the day on February…
CBOE names Tilly as vice-chairman
The Chicago Board of Exchange has re-appointed Edward Tilly as vice-chairman of the exchange for 2006.
Russell attributes options volume growth to alternative investors
According to Washington-based Russell Investment Group, monthly volumes for derivatives referencing its indexes hit new highs last month. Kelly Haughton, the group’s Strategic Director of Russell Indexes, attributed some of the upturn to an increase in…
Software glitch halts CBOE trading
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) suffered an interruption in its order routing and dissemination reporting last Wednesday.
Russell opens up to options exchanges
Russell Investment Group, a Washington-based provider of investment services and products, is to allow options exchanges to create products based on its family of index products.
Anti-competitive probe focuses on Amex and CBOE
The American Stock Exchange (Amex) and Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) are being investigated for possible anti-competitive practices, according to the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD).
OneChicago hires project co-ordinator
OneChicago, the joint venture between the Chicago Board of Trade, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) to trade single-stock futures, has hired Mark Esposito as a project co-ordinator.
ISE to route to US options exchanges
The International Securities Exchange (ISE) has enhanced its OM Click Trade front end so that it can route members’ orders to any U.S options exchange, reports Risknews’ sister publication Trading Technology Week .
Boston Options Exchange set for launch this Friday
The Boston Options Exchange (Box), a joint venture by the Boston Stock Exchange, Interactive Brokers Group and the Bourse de Montreal, is on course for launch this Friday (January 30) after successful completion of tests this weekend, a spokeswoman told…
CBOT settles ownership dispute
The Chicago Board of Trade has agreed to settle a lawsuit over minority members’ ownership rights, paving the way for proposed restructuring of the US futures exchange into a for-profit company.
Rivals plan to match Boston Options Exchange model
Incumbent competitors to the all-electronic Boston Options Exchange (Box), which received SEC approval to operate last week, said they would match its controversial price-improvement feature, according to RiskNews ' sister publication Trading Technology…
Fimat's UK branch first to adopt Belzberg-CBOE system
Broker Fimat’s UK trading arm is the first European customer for the Hybrid Trading System (HyTS), a joint offering from Belzberg Technologies and the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), reports Risk's sister publication Trading Technology Week .
Van der Moolen withdraws options business from Amex
Cohen, Duffy, McGowan (CDM), the options trading unit of Dutch financial services company Van der Moolen (VDM), is to resign from its role at the American Stock Exchange (Amex).
ISE starts trading index options
New York-based electronic equity options market, the International Securities Exchange (ISE), has started offering US index options.
ISE moves closer to equity index options trading
New York-based electronic equity options market, the International Securities Exchange (ISE), has stepped up its attempts to go head-to-head with the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) in trading equity index options by unveiling its first product,…
US listed equity option competition set for increase
Competition in the US equity options market is set to increase with the electronic linkage of five exchanges.
High derivatives data traffic plagues market networks
There are growing fears that market data vendors and their networks may face capacity problems due to a sharp increase in derivatives market data traffic caused by jumps in price updates and data feeds from exchanges.
OneChicago to roll out 21 more single-stock futures
OneChicago, the US electronic futures exchange, is to add 21 more futures contracts on single stocks beginning from December 6. The new contracts are in addition to the 43 futures on single stocks and futures on ‘Diamonds’ – shares in an exchange-traded…
US launch of single-stock futures delayed
OneChicago, the US electronic futures exchange, has postponed the first day of trading of single-stock and narrow-based stock indexes to November 8. The exchange, a joint venture of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade and the…
JP Morgan may boost capital for equity-linked FX trading model
Larry Kantor, global head of FX strategy at JP Morgan Chase, said the bank was mulling whether to put more proprietary capital behind a trading model that measures FX risk appetite using cues from the equities market, called the Liquidity, Credit and…
Exchange-traded derivatives soaring, says BIS
The aggregate turnover of exchange-traded derivatives contracts reached a new record in the fourth quarter of 2001, said the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in its latest quarterly review.
CBOE's Walsh emerges as OneChicago ops head
Robert Walsh, vice-president of trade processing at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), will become managing director of operations for OneChicago, the joint venture created to trade single-stock futures by Chicago's three derivatives exchanges:…
BOTCC to process Nasdaq Liffe
Nasdaq Liffe Markets (NQLX), in a preparatory move before the start of trading in single-stock futures (SSF) in the US, agreed to let the Delaware-based Board of Trade Clearing Corporation (BOTCC) process certain deals known as 'give-ups'.