CBOE Holdings, Inc : VIX Futures Open Interest Reaches New High

CHICAGO, IL -- January 11, 2013 -- The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE®) announced that open interest in futures on the CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX® Index) reached a new all-time high of 438,038 contracts this morning. This morning's high surpassed the previous high mark of 431,265 VIX futures contracts on September 18, 2012.

On Wednesday, January 2, 2013 and Monday, December 31, 2012, trading in VIX futures set consecutive single-day volume records with 221,323 contracts and 212,800 contracts traded, respectively. For 2012, trading volume in VIX futures set a new annual record with 23,785,806 contracts traded, an increase of 98 percent above the 12,027,955 contracts traded in 2011, the previous record year.

About CBOE Futures Exchange:
CFE currently offers trading in the CBOE Volatility Index (The VIX Index) futures (VX), Mini-VIX futures (VM), S&P 500 Variance futures (VA), CBOE NASDAQ-100 Volatility Index (VXN) futures (VN), CBOE Gold ETF Volatility Index (GVZ) security futures (GV), CBOE Crude Oil ETF Volatility Index (OVX) security futures (OV), CBOE Emerging Markets ETF Volatility Index (VXEEM) security futures (VXEM), CBOE Brazil ETF Volatility Index (VXEWZ) security futures (VXEW) and Radar Logic 25-Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) RPX Composite Index futures (RPXCP).

CFE, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE), offers an all-electronic, open-access market model, with traders providing liquidity and making markets. 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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