CHICAGO, Oct. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) reported today that total trading volume in September for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange(®) (CBOE(®)) and C2 Options Exchange (C2) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE(®)) was 104.0 million contracts, a decrease of 5 percent from September 2014 and 17 percent from August 2015.

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Total options and futures average daily volume (ADV) at CBOE Holdings for September was 5.0 million contracts, a decrease of 5 percent from September 2014 and 17 percent from August 2015.



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

    (Contracts in thousands)                        Sept                             Sept               % Chg     Aug             % Chg                Sept              Sept             % Chg

                                                                 2015                              2014                     2015                                  2015             2014
    ===                                                          ====                              ====                     ====                                  ====             ====

    Trading Days                                                   21                                21                       21                                   188              188
    ------------                                                  ---                               ---                      ---                                   ---              ---

    Total Contracts      (options & futures)                103,998.7                         108,943.4       -5%      125,243.6          -17%               902,297.0        964,181.6         -6%
    ---------------------------------------                                                                                             ---

    Total Options Contracts      (CBOE & C2)                 98,719.8                         105,184.6       -6%      118,834.7          -17%               862,634.8        928,688.9         -7%
    ---------------------------------------                  --------                                                 ---------           ---                ---------        ---------         ---

    Total Futures Contracts (CFE)                             5,278.9                           3,758.8       40%        6,408.9          -18%                39,662.2         35,492.7         12%


    Total ADV                 (options &
     futures)                                                 4,952.3                           5,187.8       -5%        5,964.0          -17%                 4,799.5          5,128.6         -6%
    ------------------------------------                      -------                           -------       ---         -------           ---                  -------          -------         ---

    Total Options ADV    (CBOE & C2)                          4,700.9                           5,008.8       -6%        5,658.8          -17%                 4,588.5          4,939.8         -7%
                                                              -------

    Total Futures ADV      (CFE)                                251.4                             179.0       40%          305.2          -18%                   211.0            188.8         12%
    ===========================                                 =====                             =====       ===           =====           ===                    =====            =====         ===

CBOE Trading Volume and Market Share

CBOE Volume: September


    --  CBOE's ADV for the month was 4.4 million contracts, a decrease of 5
        percent from September 2014 and 17 percent from August 2015. Trading
        volume totaled 92.6 million contracts, a decrease of 5 percent from a
        year ago and 17 percent from August 2015.
    --  September ADV in index options increased 36 percent, while
        exchange-traded product (ETP) options decreased 7 percent and equity
        options decreased 36 percent versus September 2014. When compared to
        August 2015, ADV in index options, equity options and ETP options
        decreased 19 percent, 17 percent and 13 percent, respectively.
    --  Expanded volume information for CBOE index and ETP options is available
        at: www.cboe.com/data/monthlyvolume.aspx.


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

    (contracts in thousands) Sept                           Sept            % Chg      Aug            % Chg                Sept              Sept             % Chg

                                         2015                          2014                     2015                                  2015             2014
    ===                                  ====                          ====                     ====                                  ====             ====

    Trading Days                           21                            21                       21                                   188              188
    ------------                          ---                           ---                      ---                                   ---              ---

    Total Exchange                   92,552.0                      97,558.0        -5%     111,068.7          -17%               801,201.2        871,258.5          -8%
    --------------                                                                                          ---

    Total Exchange ADV                4,407.2                       4,645.6        -5%       5,289.0          -17%                 4,261.7          4,634.4          -8%
    ------------------

    Equity Options                   25,793.2                      40,307.4       -36%      31,160.2          -17%               283,202.9        356,386.4         -21%
    --------------                   --------                      --------        ---       --------           ---                ---------        ---------          ---

    Equity Options ADV                1,228.2                       1,919.4       -36%       1,483.8          -17%                 1,506.4          1,895.7         -21%
    ------------------                -------                       -------        ---        -------           ---                  -------          -------          ---

    Index Options                    42,159.6                      30,906.4        36%      51,735.4          -19%               308,056.4        293,613.5           5%
    -------------                    --------                      --------        ---       --------           ---                ---------        ---------          ---

    Index Options ADV                 2,007.6                       1,471.7        36%       2,463.6          -19%                 1,638.6          1,561.8           5%
    -----------------                 -------                       -------        ---        -------           ---                  -------          -------          ---

    ETP Options                      24,599.3                      26,344.3        -7%      28,173.1          -13%               209,941.9        221,258.6          -5%
    -----------                      --------                      --------        ---       --------           ---                ---------        ---------          ---

    ETP Options ADV                   1,171.4                       1,254.5        -7%       1,341.6          -13%                 1,116.7          1,176.9          -5%
    ===============                   =======                       =======        ===        =======           ===                  =======          =======          ===

CBOE Market Share: September


    --  CBOE's market share of total U.S. options industry volume was 26.1
        percent in September, a decrease of 0.6 percentage points from September
        2014 and unchanged from August 2015.


                                CBOE Market Share Current Month                                                   Year-To-Date
                                ===============================                                                   ============

                   Sept 2015              Sept 2014            % Pt. Chg       Aug 2015          % Pt. Chg             Sept 2015           Sept 2014            % Pt. Chg
                   =========              =========            =========       ========          =========             =========           =========            =========

    Total Exchange          26.1%                  26.7%               -0.6%            26.1%              ---                  25.7%               27.9%               -2.2%
    --------------           ----                    ----                 ----              ----               ---                   ----                 ----                ----

    Equity Options          16.4%                  19.8%               -3.4%            15.5%             0.9%                  17.3%               20.4%               -3.1%
    --------------           ----                    ----                 ----              ----               ---                    ----                 ----                ----

    Index Options           98.4%                  95.7%                2.7%            98.1%             0.3%                  97.7%               96.4%                1.3%
    -------------            ----                    ----                  ---              ----               ---                    ----                 ----                 ---

    ETP Options             15.9%                  20.2%               -4.3%            16.3%            -0.4%                  18.0%               20.7%               -2.7%
    ===========              ====                    ====                 ====              ====              ====                    ====                 ====                ====

C2 Trading Volume and Market Share

C2 Volume: September


    --  C2's September trading volume totaled 6.2 million contracts, a decrease
        of 19 percent from September 2014 and 21 percent from August 2015.  ADV
        was 293,704 contracts, a decrease of 19 percent from September 2014 and
        21 percent from August 2015.


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

    (contracts in thousands) Sept                        Sept         % Chg      Aug          % Chg                Sept             Sept            % Chg
                                       2015                      2014
                                                                                      2015                                 2015            2014
    ===                                                                               ====                                 ====            ====

    Trading Days                         21                        21                     21                                  188             188
    ------------                        ---                       ---                    ---                                  ---             ---

    Total Exchange                  6,167.8                   7,626.6       -19%     7,766.0          -21%               61,433.6        57,430.4           7%
    --------------                                                                                  ---

    Total Exchange ADV                293.7                     363.2       -19%       369.8          -21%                  326.8           305.5           7%
    ------------------

    Equity Options                  1,499.0                   1,156.4        30%     2,326.7          -36%               17,959.3         7,959.5         126%
    --------------                  -------                   -------        ---      -------           ---                --------         -------          ---

    Equity Options ADV                 71.4                      55.1        30%       110.8          -36%                   95.5            42.3         126%
    ------------------                 ----                      ----        ---        -----           ---                    ----            ----          ---

    Index Options                     182.8                      36.3       404%       208.1          -12%                1,189.7           323.8         267%
    -------------                     -----                      ----        ---        -----           ---                 -------           -----          ---

    Index Options ADV                   8.7                       1.7       404%         9.9          -12%                    6.3             1.7         267%
    -----------------                   ---                       ---        ---          ---           ---                     ---             ---          ---

    ETP Options                     4,486.0                   6,433.8       -30%     5,231.1          -14%               42,284.7        49,147.1         -14%
    -----------                     -------                   -------        ---      -------           ---                --------        --------          ---

    ETP Options ADV                   213.6                     306.4       -30%       249.1          -14%                  224.9           261.4         -14%
    ===============                   =====                     =====        ===        =====           ===                   =====           =====          ===

C2 Market Share: September


    --  C2 market share of total industry volume in September was 1.7 percent, a
        decrease of 0.4 percentage points from September 2014 and 0.1 of a
        percentage point from August 2015.


                             C2  Market Share Current Month                                                Year-To-Date
                             ==============================                                                ============

                   Sept 2015           Sept 2014           % Pt. Chg       Aug 2015        % Pt. Chg            Sept 2015          Sept 2014          % Pt. Chg
                   ---------           ---------           ---------       --------        ---------            ---------          ---------          ---------

    Total Exchange          1.7%                2.1%               -0.4%           1.8%            -0.1%                 2.0%               1.8%               0.2%
    --------------           ---                  ---                 ----             ---              ----                   ---                ---                ---

    Equity Options          1.0%                0.6%                0.4%           1.2%            -0.2%                 1.1%               0.5%               0.6%
    --------------           ---                  ---                  ---             ---              ----                   ---                ---                ---

    Index Options           0.4%                0.1%                0.3%           0.4%              ---                 0.4%               0.1%               0.3%
    -------------            ---                  ---                  ---             ---               ---                  ---                ---                ---

    ETP Options             2.9%                4.9%               -2.0%           3.0%            -0.1%                 3.6%               4.6%              -1.0%
    ===========              ===                  ===                 ====             ===              ====                   ===                ===               ====

CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) Trading Volume

CFE Volume: September


    --  Total ADV at CFE was 251,376 contracts in September, an increase of 40
        percent from September 2014 and a decrease of 18 percent from August
        2015. Total volume at CFE for the month was 5.3 million contracts, up 40
        percent from the year-ago total and down 18 percent from August 2015.
    --  Total volume in CBOE Volatility Index(®) (VIX(® )Index) futures for
        September was 5.3 million contracts, up 41 percent from September 2014,
        but down 17 percent from August 2015. September VIX futures' ADV was
        251,207 contracts.

CBOE Holdings Average Revenue Per Contract

The following represents 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 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:                     Aug                   July         June        May 2015

                                                  2015         2015        2015
    ---

    Equity Options                              $0.104       $0.098      $0.093            $0.087
    --------------                              ------       ------      ------            ------

    Index Options                               $0.703       $0.702      $0.697            $0.701
    -------------                                           ------                       ------

    ETP Options                                 $0.133       $0.123      $0.117            $0.114
    -----------                                 ------       ------      ------            ------

         Total Options
          Average
          Revenue Per
          Contract                              $0.352       $0.328      $0.308            $0.290
         -------------                          ------       ------      ------            ------

    Futures                                     $1.661       $1.712      $1.758            $1.775
    -------                                     ------       ------      ------            ------

         Total Average
          Revenue Per
          Contract                              $0.416       $0.391      $0.368            $0.348
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About CBOE Holdings:

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) is the holding company for Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the 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 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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