- VIX Futures ADV, Total Volume Up From Prior Month and Year Ago
- 5 Million VIX Futures Contracts Traded
- July Was Second-Busiest Month of All Time
CHICAGO, IL August 3, 2015 CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE®) today reported that July 2015 monthly average daily volume (ADV) and monthly total volume, both exchangewide at CFE and for futures on the CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX® Index), rose from June 2015 and from year-ago levels. Total volumes hit a second consecutive monthly high for 2015, surpassing the previous monthly high for the year set in June.
VIX Futures
July ADV in VIX futures was 227,970 contracts, an increase of 8 percent from June 2015 and up 16 percent from July 2014. Total volume in VIX futures for July was 5.0 million contracts, an increase of 8 percent from the previous month and 16 percent from a year ago. The July volume total includes VIX Weeklys futures contracts, which were launched July 23. Julys total and average daily volumes for VIX futures ranked second in terms of all-time records, trailing only the 7.4 million total and 323,761 ADV traded in October 2014.
Total CFE
Exchangewide ADV at CFE was 228,123 contracts in July, an increase of 8 percent from June 2015 and up 16 percent from July 2014. Exchangewide total volume for the month was 5.0 million contracts, an increase of 8 percent from the previous month and 16 percent from the year-ago total.
About CBOE Futures Exchange
CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) offers contracts on CBOE Volatility Index (VIX Index) futures (VX), S&P 500 Variance futures (VA), CBOE/CBOT 10-year U.S. Treasury Note Volatility Index (TYVIX) futures (VXTY) and CBOE Russell 2000 Volatility Index (RVX) futures (VU).
VIX futures are available for trading nearly 24 hours a day, five days a week at CFE, beginning Sunday at 5:00 p.m. CT and ending Friday at 3:15 p.m. CT. CFE closes for 15 minutes between 3:15 p.m. CT and 3:30 p.m. CT, Monday through Thursday, after which the next trading day begins at 3:30 p.m. CT. For additional details on extended trading hours, see www.cboe.com/ETH.
CFE, an all-electronic market, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE). 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/.
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