Chicago Board Options Exchange
| CBOE Holdings, Inc. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Incorporated |
| founding | 1973 |
| Seat | Chicago , Illinois |
| management | William J. Brodsky (Chairman & CEO ) |
| Branch | Banks and stock exchanges |
| Website | www.cboe.com |
The Chicago Board Options Exchange ( CBOE ), headquartered in Chicago is one of the world's biggest Options - exchanges with an annual trade volume of over one billion contracts. CBOE offers options on over 2,200 companies, 22 stock indices and 140 exchange-traded funds (ETFs). It publishes the globally respected CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) daily , which expresses the expected fluctuation range of the US S&P 500 stock index .
The exchange is regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and was founded in 1973.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.cboe.com/AboutCBOE/AnnualReportArchive/AnnualReport2008.pdf
- ↑ http://www.cboe.com/AboutCBOE/ChooseCBOE.aspx
- ↑ http://www.cboe.com/AboutCBOE/History.aspx