The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), located at 433 West Van Buren
Street
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Chicago
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, is the largest U.S.
option
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s exchange with an annual trading volume of around 1.27 billion at the end of 2014. CBOE offers options on over 2,200 companies, 22
stock indices, and 140
exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
The
Chicago Board of Trade established the Chicago Board Options Exchange in 1973. The first exchange to list standardized, exchange-traded stock options began its first day of
trading on April 26, 1973, in celebration of the 125th birthday of the Chicago Board of Trade.
The CBOE is regulated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission
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and owned by
Cboe Global Markets
Cboe Global Markets is an American company that owns the Chicago Board Options Exchange and the stock exchange operator BATS Global Markets.
History
Founded in 1973 by the Chicago Board of Trade and member owned for several decades, on March ...
.
Contracts offered
Cboe (and other national options exchanges) offers options on the following, and others:
Cboe calculates and disseminates the CBOE Volatility Index (
VIX), the
CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM), and other indices.
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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See also
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Chicago Board of Trade Building
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Derivatives market
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List of futures exchanges
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National Stock Exchange (Jersey City, New Jersey)
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OneChicago
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Options Clearing Corporation
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Volatility Index
References
External links
Cboe
{{World Federation of Exchanges
Financial services companies established in 1973
1973 establishments in Illinois
Companies based in Chicago
Economy of Chicago
Stock exchanges in the United States
Options exchanges in the United States
Options (finance)