The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has announced that trading volume in options on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index options (SPX) set a new record on Friday, August 19, with approximately 716,375 contracts reported. The previous record of 547,380 was set earlier this year, on June 16th. Average daily volume in SPX options for the year so far has been 255,888 contracts. Open interest in SPX options stood at 7,340,141 contracts (2,646,147 calls and 4,693,994 puts) at CBOE this morning.
CBOE Sets New S&P 500 Index Options Trading Record
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has announced that trading volume in options on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index options (SPX) set a new record on Friday, August 19, with approximately 716,375 contracts reported. The previous record of 547,380
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