CHICAGO, Aug. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) reported today that July average daily volume (ADV) for options contracts traded on Chicago Board Options Exchange(®) (CBOE(®)) and C2 Options Exchange (C2), and futures contracts traded on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE(®)) was 4.7 million contracts, a decrease of 2 percent from July 2015 and 9 percent from June 2016.

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Trading Volume Highlights: July


    --  Equity options traded at CBOE had an ADV of 1.4 million contracts in
        July, an increase of 13 percent from June 2016.
    --  S&P 500(®) Index (SPX) options had an ADV of 1.1 million contracts in
        July, an increase of 7 percent from July 2015.
    --  SPX options in extended trading hours at CBOE, had an ADV of 2,342
        contracts in July, up from 1,781 in June 2016 and 592 in July 2015.
    --  CBOE Volatility Index(®) (VIX(®) Index) futures open interest at CFE
        reached a new all-time high of 525,144 contracts on July 20, surpassing
        the previous record of 501,835 contracts on June 7.

Business Developments: July


    --  On July 29, CBOE announced plans to broaden data distribution on the
        widely followed MSCI Emerging Markets (MXEF) and MSCI EAFE (MXEA)
        Indexes, press release.
    --  On July 11, CBOE announced plans to list SPX Monday-expiring Weeklys
        options, beginning August 15, pending regulatory approval. With the
        expected introduction of SPX "Monday Weeklys," which will allow
        investors to hedge their over-the-weekend risks, CBOE will offer SPX
        options with Monday, Wednesday and Friday weekly expirations, press
        release.
    --  On July 6, CBOE announced that it has created a series of 13 "Enhanced
        Growth Indexes," the second in a family of options-based strategy
        performance benchmarks designed to target the outcomes of specific
        investment strategies. The CBOE S&P 500(®) Enhanced Growth Indexes
        measure the performance of a hypothetical portfolio of SPX FLexible
        EXchange (FLEX(®)) options designed to provide targeted annual returns,
        press release.
    --  On July 1, CBOE Holdings opened its first international business
        development office in London, press release.

CBOE Holdings Trading Volume Tables: July



                                             CBOE Holdings Consolidated Trading Volume Current Month                                         Year-To-Date
                                             =======================================================                                         ============

    (contracts in thousands)                        July                           July               %         June            %                   July              July             %
                                                               2016                              2015  Chg                2016    Chg                          2016             2015     Chg
    ===                                                        ====                              ====  ===                ====    ===                          ====             ====     ===

    Trading Days                                                 20                                22                       22                                  145              146
    ------------                                                ---                               ---                      ---                                  ---              ---

    Total Contracts      (options & futures)               94,405.3                         106,476.4      -11%      113,990.9         -17%               676,877.4        673,054.8          1%
    ---------------------------------------                                                                                          ---

    Total Options Contracts                                89,929.6                         101,457.7      -11%      106,889.5         -16%               642,677.0        645,080.3         ---
    (CBOE & C2)
    ----------

    Total Futures Contracts (CFE)                           4,475.7                           5,018.7      -11%        7,101.4         -37%                34,200.4         27,974.5         22%


    Total ADV                 (options &
     futures)                                               4,720.3                           4,839.8       -2%        5,181.4          -9%                 4,668.2          4,610.0          1%
    ------------------------------------                    -------                           -------       ---         -------          ---                  -------          -------         ---

    Total Options ADV    (CBOE & C2)                        4,496.5                           4,611.7       -2%        4,858.6          -7%                 4,432.3          4,418.4         ---
                                                            -------

    Total Futures ADV      (CFE)                              223.8                             228.1       -2%          322.8         -31%                   235.9            191.6         23%
    ===========================                               =====                             =====       ===           =====          ===                    =====            =====         ===


                             CBOE Trading Volume Current Month*                                                Year-To-Date
                              =================================                                                ============

    (contracts in thousands) July                          July          %         June           %                   July              July             %
                                        2016                        2015  Chg               2016    Chg                          2016             2015     Chg
    ===                                 ====                        ====  ===               ====    ===                          ====             ====     ===

    Trading Days                          20                          22                      22                                  145              146
    ------------                         ---                         ---                     ---                                  ---              ---

    Total Exchange                  83,332.4                    93,889.8      -11%      99,969.3         -17%               597,407.6        597,580.4          ---
    --------------                                                                                     ---

    Total Exchange ADV               4,166.6                     4,267.7       -2%       4,544.1          -8%                 4,120.1          4,093.0           1%
    ------------------

    Equity Options                  27,893.2                    31,497.6      -11%      27,114.9           3%               193,524.8        226,249.5         -14%
    --------------                  --------                    --------       ---       --------          ---                ---------        ---------          ---

    Equity Options ADV               1,394.7                     1,431.7       -3%       1,232.5          13%                 1,334.7          1,549.7         -14%
    ------------------               -------                     -------       ---        -------          ---                  -------          -------          ---

    Index Options                   33,763.5                    38,387.4      -12%      44,708.2         -24%               251,017.6        214,161.4          17%
    -------------                   --------                    --------       ---       --------          ---                ---------        ---------          ---

    Index Options ADV                1,688.2                     1,744.9       -3%       2,032.2         -17%                 1,731.2          1,466.9          18%
    -----------------                -------                     -------       ---        -------          ---                  -------          -------          ---

    ETP Options                     21,675.7                    24,004.8      -10%      28,146.2         -23%               152,865.2        157,169.6          -3%
    -----------                     --------                    --------       ---       --------          ---                ---------        ---------          ---

    ETP Options ADV                  1,083.8                     1,091.1       -1%       1,279.4         -15%                 1,054.2          1,076.5          -2%
    ===============                  =======                     =======       ===        =======          ===                  =======          =======          ===

*Expanded volume information for CBOE index and ETP options is available at: www.cboe.com/data/monthlyvolume.aspx.


                             C2 Trading Volume Current Month                                               Year-To-Date
                             ===============================                                               ============

    (contracts in thousands) July                        July         %         June          %                   July             July            %
                                       2016                      2015  Chg              2016    Chg                         2016            2015     Chg
    ===                                ====                      ====  ===              ====    ===                         ====            ====     ===

    Trading Days                         20                        22                     22                                 145             146
    ------------                        ---                       ---                    ---                                 ---             ---

    Total Exchange                  6,597.2                   7,567.9      -13%      6,920.1          -5%               45,269.3        47,499.9          -5%
    --------------                                                                                 ---

    Total Exchange ADV                329.9                     344.0       -4%        314.6           5%                  312.2           325.3          -4%
    ------------------

    Equity Options                  1,865.3                   2,210.5      -16%      1,532.7          22%               11,852.7        14,133.5         -16%
    --------------                  -------                   -------       ---       -------          ---                --------        --------          ---

    Equity Options ADV                 93.3                     100.5       -7%         69.7          34%                   81.7            96.8         -16%
    ------------------                 ----                     -----       ---          ----          ---                    ----            ----          ---

    Index Options                     157.5                     180.1      -13%        260.7         -40%                1,619.9           798.8         103%
    -------------                     -----                     -----       ---         -----          ---                 -------           -----          ---

    Index Options ADV                   7.9                       8.2       -4%         11.8         -34%                   11.2             5.5         104%
    -----------------                   ---                       ---       ---          ----          ---                    ----             ---          ---

    ETP Options                     4,574.4                   5,177.3      -12%      5,126.8         -11%               31,796.8        32,567.6          -2%
    -----------                     -------                   -------       ---       -------          ---                --------        --------          ---

    ETP Options ADV                   228.7                     235.3       -3%        233.0          -2%                  219.3           223.1          -2%
    ===============                   =====                     =====       ===         =====          ===                   =====           =====          ===


                                      CFE Trading Volume Current Month*                                       Year-To-Date
                                      ================================                                        ============

                       July                       July                  %         June            %                  July               July              %
                                 2016                           2015     Chg                2016    Chg                          2016              2015     Chg
                                 ====                           ====     ===                ====    ===                          ====              ====     ===

    Trading
     Days                          20                             22                          22                                  145               146
    =======                       ---                            ---                         ---                                  ---               ---

    VIX Index Futures
    -----------------

         Total              4,475,340                      5,017,708         -11%      7,100,566        -37%               34,196,042        27,961,761         22%
         -----              ---------                      ---------          ---       ---------         ---                ----------        ----------         ---

         ADV                  223,767                        228,078          -2%        322,753        -31%                  235,835           191,519         23%
         ===                  =======                        =======          ===         =======         ===                   =======           =======         ===

    CFE Total Exchange
    ------------------

         Total              4,475,738                      5,018,696         -11%      7,101,395        -37%               34,200,436        27,974,455         22%
         -----              ---------                      ---------          ---       ---------         ---                ----------        ----------         ---

         ADV                  223,787                        228,123          -2%        322,791        -31%                  235,865           191,606         23%
         ===                  =======                        =======          ===         =======         ===                   =======           =======         ===

*Volume numbers for 2016 now include VIX Weeklys futures totals.



                        CBOE Holdings Market Share Current Month                                        Year-To-Date
                       (% of total U.S. options industry volume)
                        ========================================

                   July                  July                % Pt.         June          % Pt.                 July             July             % Pt.
                          2016                   2015           Chg                2016      Chg                         2016             2015         Chg
                          ====                   ====           ===                ====      ===                         ====             ====         ===

    Total Exchange
     (CBOE & C2)         29.1%                 26.8%                2.3%        29.1%            ---                 27.2%           27.6%             -0.4%
    --------------        ----                   ----                  ---          ----             ---                  ----             ----              ----

         CBOE            27.0%                 24.8%                2.2%        27.2%          -0.2%                 25.3%           25.6%             -0.3%
         ----             ----                   ----                  ---          ----            ----                   ----             ----              ----

         C2               2.1%                  2.0%                0.1%         1.9%           0.2%                  1.9%            2.0%             -0.1%
    --                     ---                    ---                  ---           ---             ---                    ---              ---              ----

    Total Equity
     Options (CBOE
     & C2)               19.5%                 16.7%                2.8%        18.3%           1.2%                 18.0%           18.8%             -0.8%
    --------------        ----                   ----                  ---          ----             ---                   ----             ----              ----

    Total Index
     Options (CBOE
     & C2)               99.4%                 98.8%                0.6%        99.3%           0.1%                 99.2%           97.8%              1.4%
    --------------        ----                   ----                  ---          ----             ---                   ----             ----               ---

    Total ETF
     Options (CBOE
     & C2)               21.5%                 21.2%                0.3%        20.1%           1.4%                 19.1%           22.7%             -3.6%
    ==============        ====                   ====                  ===          ====             ===                   ====             ====              ====

CBOE Holdings Average Revenue Per Contract
The following represents average revenue per contract (RPC) 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 during the period. Average transaction fees 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:                 June           May        April        March
                                       2016       2016         2016          2016
    ---

     Equity
     Options                         $0.700     $0.075       $0.081        $0.085
     -------                         ------     ------       ------        ------

     Index
     Options                         $0.701     $0.698       $0.706        $0.720
     -------                         ------     ------                    ------

     ETP
     Options                         $0.103     $0.104       $0.111        $0.117
     -------                         ------     ------       ------        ------

          Total
          Options
          Average
          Revenue
          Per
          Contract                   $0.328     $0.326       $0.335        $0.346
          --------                   ------     ------       ------        ------

    Futures                          $1.682     $1.721       $1.697        $1.643
    -------                          ------     ------       ------        ------

          Total
          Average
          Revenue
          Per
          Contract                   $0.405     $0.394       $0.397        $0.405
          ========                   ======     ======       ======        ======

About CBOE Holdings:
CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) is the holding company for Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), CBOE Futures Exchange (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 options and futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX Index) and S&P 500 options (SPX), the most active U.S. index option. Other products engineered by CBOE include equity options, security index options, Weeklys 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, Livevol options analytics and data tools, and www.cboe.com, the go-to place for options and volatility trading resources.



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    (312) 786-7123    (312) 786-7612    (312) 786-7136

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