CHICAGO, Sept. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) reported today that August 2014 trading volume for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange(®) (CBOE(®)) and C2 Options Exchange(SM) (C2(SM)) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures Exchange(SM) (CFE(®)) totaled 99.10 million contracts. Average daily volume (ADV) was 4.72 million contracts, a two-percent increase from August 2013 and a five-percent decrease from July 2014.

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CBOE Holdings' year-to-date ADV was 5.12 million contracts, 10 percent ahead of the same period one year ago.

August was the most active month ever for futures on the CBOE Volatility Index(®) (VIX(®) index), surpassing previous monthly volume and ADV records. VIX futures ADV increased 37 percent from a year earlier.



                                           CBOE Holdings Consolidated Trading Volume                                                     Year To Date
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    (Contracts in thousands)             Aug-14                           Aug-13              % Chg     Jul-14             % Chg               Aug-14             Aug-13             % Chg
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    Trading Days                                        21                                 22                          22                                   167                168
    ------------                                       ---                                ---                         ---                                   ---                ---

    Total Contracts  (options & futures)          99,104.8                          101,716.9       -3%         108,885.7           -9%               855,238.2          779,211.3         10%
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    Total Options Contracts (CBOE & C2)           94,538.6                           98,189.2       -4%         104,543.6          -10%               823,504.3          751,962.9         10%
    ----------------------------------            --------                                                     ---------           ---                ---------          ---------         ---

    Total Futures Contracts (CFE)                  4,566.2                            3,527.7       29%           4,342.1            5%                31,733.9           27,248.4         16%


    Total ADV (options & futures)                  4,719.2                            4,623.5        2%           4,949.4           -5%                 5,121.2            4,638.2         10%
    ----------------------------                   -------                            -------       ---            -------           ---                  -------            -------         ---

    Total Options ADV    (CBOE & C2)               4,501.8                            4,463.2        1%           4,752.0           -5%                 4,931.2            4,476.0         10%
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    Total Futures ADV (CFE)                          217.4                              160.3       36%             197.4           10%                   190.0              162.2         17%
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CBOE Trading Volume and Market Share

CBOE Trading Volume:


    --  CBOE's August ADV was 4.19 million contracts, even with August 2013 and
        a six-percent decrease from July 2014.
    --  Index options ADV was 1.52 million contracts, a 12-percent increase from
        August 2013 and a six-percent increase from July 2014.
    --  Exchange traded product (ETP) options ADV was 1.09 million contracts, a
        two-percent decrease from August 2013 and even with July 2014.
    --  Equity options ADV was 1.58 million contracts, a seven-percent decrease
        from August 2013 and a 17-percent decrease from July 2014.
    --  The five most actively traded index and ETP options at CBOE in August
        were options on S&P 500(®) Index (SPX), CBOE Volatility Index(®)
        (VIX(®) Index), Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipt (SPY), iShares
        Trust - Russell 2000(®) Index Fund (IWM) and iPath S&P 500 VIX
        Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX).


                                   CBOE Trading Volume Current Month                                                    Year To Date
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    (contracts in thousands) Aug-14                          Aug-13           % Chg      Jul-14           % Chg               Aug-14             Aug-13             % Chg
    =======================  ======                          ======           =====      ======           =====               ======             ======             =====

    Trading Days                            21                             22                         22                                   167                168
    ------------                           ---                            ---                        ---                                   ---                ---

    Total Exchange                    88,020.6                       91,948.5        -4%        97,665.5          -10%               773,700.5          699,796.1         11%
    --------------                                                                                              ---

    Total Exchange ADV                 4,191.5                        4,179.5         --         4,439.3           -6%                 4,632.9            4,165.5         11%
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    Equity Options                    33,160.5                       37,329.6       -11%        42,011.1          -21%               316,079.1          264,537.1         19%
    --------------                    --------                       --------        ---         --------           ---                ---------          ---------         ---

    Equity Options ADV                 1,579.1                        1,696.8        -7%         1,909.6          -17%                 1,892.7            1,574.6         20%
    ------------------                 -------                        -------        ---          -------           ---                  -------            -------         ---

    Index Options                     31,934.6                       29,996.6         6%        31,527.7            1%               262,707.1          247,573.6          6%
    -------------                     --------                       --------        ---         --------           ---                ---------          ---------         ---

    Index Options ADV                  1,520.7                        1,363.5        12%         1,433.1            6%                 1,573.1            1,473.7          7%
    -----------------                  -------                        -------        ---          -------           ---                  -------            -------         ---

    ETP Options                       22,925.5                       24,622.3        -7%        24,126.7           -5%               194,914.3          187,685.4          4%
    -----------                       --------                       --------        ---         --------           ---                ---------          ---------         ---

    ETP Options ADV                    1,091.7                        1,119.2        -2%         1,096.7            --                 1,167.1            1,117.2          4%
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Expanded August 2014 and year-to-date volume information for CBOE index and ETP options is available at: www.cboe.com/data/monthlyvolume.aspx.

CBOE Market Share:

CBOE's market share of total U.S. options industry volume was 27.5 percent in August 2014, a decrease of 1.1 percentage points from August 2013 and unchanged from July 2014.



                              CBOE Market Share Current Month                                                Year To Date
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                  Aug-14                Aug-13              % Pt. Chg       Jul-14          % Pt. Chg              Aug-14            Aug-13             % Pt. Chg
                  ======                ======              =========       ======          =========              ======            ======             =========

    Total
     Exchange            27.5%                  28.6%               -1.1%          27.5%               --                 28.0%             25.4%                2.6%
    ---------             ----                    ----                 ----            ----               ---                  ----               ----                ---

    Equity
     Options             18.6%                  21.1%               -2.5%          20.0%            -1.4%                 20.5%             17.6%                2.9%
    --------              ----                    ----                 ----            ----              ----                   ----               ----                ---

    Index Options        96.8%                  97.5%               -0.7%          95.5%             1.3%                 96.5%             96.1%                0.4%
    -------------         ----                    ----                 ----            ----               ---                   ----               ----                ---

    ETP Options          21.1%                  21.6%               -0.5%          21.5%            -0.4%                 20.7%             18.8%                1.9%
    ===========           ====                    ====                 ====            ====              ====                   ====               ====                ===

C2 Trading Volume and Market Share

C2 Trading Volume:

C2's August trading volume totaled 6.52 million contracts. ADV was 310,379 contracts, a nine-percent increase from August 2013 and a one-percent decrease from July 2014.



                                C2 Trading Volume Current Month                                                   Year To Date
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    (contracts in thousands) Aug-14                       Aug-13         % Chg      Jul-14          % Chg               Aug-14            Aug-13               % Chg
    =======================  ======                       ======         =====      ======          =====               ======            ======               =====

    Trading Days                           21                         22                        22                                  167               168
    ------------                          ---                        ---                       ---                                  ---               ---

    Total Exchange                    6,518.0                    6,240.8         4%        6,878.1           -5%               49,803.9          52,166.9             -5%
    --------------                                                                                        ---

    Total Exchange ADV                  310.4                      283.7         9%          312.6           -1%                  298.2             310.5             -4%
    ------------------

    Equity Options                      906.8                    1,217.5       -26%          985.4           -8%                6,803.0          10,764.8            -37%
    --------------                      -----                    -------        ---           -----           ---                 -------          --------             ---

    Equity Options ADV                   43.2                       55.4       -22%           44.8           -4%                   40.7              64.1            -36%
    ------------------                   ----                       ----        ---            ----           ---                    ----              ----             ---

    Index Options*                       38.6                         --        --           40.3           -4%                  287.6             136.3    nm
    -------------                        ----                        ---       ---           ----           ---                   -----             -----    ---

    Index Options ADV*                    1.8                         --        --            1.8            --                    1.7               0.8    nm
    -----------------                     ---                        ---       ---            ---           ---                    ---               ---    ---

    ETP Options                       5,572.6                    5,023.3        11%        5,852.4           -5%               42,713.3          41,265.8              4%
    -----------                       -------                    -------        ---         -------           ---                --------          --------             ---

    ETP Options ADV                     265.4                      228.3        16%          266.0            0%                  255.8             245.6              4%
    ===============                     =====                      =====        ===           =====           ===                   =====             =====             ===

*Russell 2000 Index options began trading on C2 on September 3, 2013. 2013 year-to-date index options include SPXpm(SM), which traded on C2 until it was moved to CBOE on February 17, 2013.

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C2 Market Share:

C2 market share of total industry volume in August 2014 was 2.0 percent, an increase of 0.1 of a percentage point from both August 2013 and July 2014.



                             C2  Market Share Current Month                                             Year To Date
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                  Aug-14              Aug-13             % Pt. Chg       Jul-14         % Pt. Chg             Aug-14           Aug-13            % Pt. Chg
                  ======              ======             =========       ======         =========             ======           ======            =========

    Total
     Exchange            2.0%                 1.9%                0.1%          1.9%             0.1%                1.8%             1.9%               -0.1%
    ---------             ---                   ---                  ---            ---               ---                  ---               ---                 ----

    Equity
     Options             0.5%                 0.7%               -0.2%          0.5%               --                0.4%             0.7%               -0.3%
    --------              ---                   ---                 ----            ---               ---                 ---               ---                 ----

    Index Options        0.1%                   --                  nm          0.1%               --                0.1%             0.1%                  --
    -------------         ---                   ---                 ---           ---               ---                 ---               ---                  ---

    ETP Options          5.1%                 4.4%                0.7%          5.2%            -0.1%                4.5%             4.1%                0.4%
    ===========           ===                   ===                  ===            ===              ====                  ===               ===                  ===

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CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) Trading Volume and Highlights

·August was the most active month ever in terms of total volume and ADV for CFE and VIX futures.


    --  Average daily volume in VIX futures was a record 216,996 contracts in
        August, an increase of 37 percent from August 2013 and an increase of 10
        percent from July 2014.
    --  Trading volume in VIX futures outside of regular U.S. trading hours
        averaged nearly 22,000 contracts per day, approximately 10 percent of
        CFE's total daily trading volume.
    --  On August 1, CFE reported record trading volume in VIX futures during
        non-U.S. trading hours, with an estimated 68,033 contracts changing
        hands overnight. The record surpassed the previous record in non-U.S.
        trading hours of 59,505 contracts set on July 10, 2014.

CBOE Holdings Average Revenue Per Contract

The following represents the average revenue per contract based on a three-month rolling average, reported on a one-month lag. The average revenue per contract represents total transaction fees for CBOE, C2 and CFE recognized for the period divided by total contracts traded on all three exchanges during the period. Average revenue per contract can be affected by various factors, including exchange fee rates, volume-based discounts and transaction mix by contract type and product type.


    (In Dollars)                 Three-Month Period Ended
    -----------           ------------------------

    Product:                       Jul-14                 Jun-14         May-14        Apr-14
    --------

    Equity Options                                 $0.074         $0.079        $0.081          $0.082
    --------------                                 ------         ------        ------          ------

    Index Options                                  $0.671         $0.670        $0.674          $0.674
    -------------                                                ------                       ------

    ETP Options                                    $0.112         $0.111        $0.113          $0.113
    -----------                                    ------         ------        ------          ------

         Total Options
          Average Revenue
          Per Contract                             $0.275         $0.275        $0.275          $0.277
         ----------------                          ------         ------        ------          ------

    Futures                                        $1.651         $1.639        $1.616          $1.610
    -------                                        ------         ------        ------          ------

         Total Average
          Revenue Per
          Contract                                 $0.324         $0.322        $0.321          $0.325
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About CBOE Holdings

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) is the holding company for Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated (CBOE), CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) and other subsidiaries. CBOE, the largest U.S. options exchange and creator of listed options, continues to set the bar for options and volatility trading through product innovation, trading technology and investor education. CBOE Holdings offers equity, index and ETP options, including proprietary products, such as S&P 500 options (SPX), the most active U.S. index option, and options and futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (the VIX Index). Other products engineered by CBOE include equity options, security index options, Weeklys options, LEAPS options, FLEX options, and benchmark products such as the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM). CBOE Holdings is home to the world-renowned Options Institute and www.cboe.com, the go-to place for options and volatility trading resources.

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CBOE(®), Chicago Board Options Exchange(®), CFE(®), Execute Success(®), FLEX(®), LEAPS(®), CBOE Volatility Index(® )and VIX(®) are registered trademarks, and BuyWrite(SM), BXM(SM), CBOE Futures Exchange(SM), SPX(SM), SPXpm(SM), The Options Institute and Weeklys are service marks of Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated (CBOE). C2(SM) and C2 Options Exchange(SM) are service marks of C2 Options Exchange, Incorporated (C2). Russell 2000(®) is a registered trademark of Frank Russell Company, used under license. Standard & Poor's(®), S&P(®) and S&P 500(®) are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services, LLC and have been licensed for use by CBOE, C2 and CFE. All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners.

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