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Glossary

Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)

The Chicago Board Options Exchange was founded in 1973 as a subsidiary of the Chicago Board of Trade, the world's largest commodity exchange.

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Definition
Key features of the Chicago Board Options Exchange

Definition

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) is the largest platform in the world for buying and selling options. More than 50% of all trading transactions with debt financial instruments in the United States take place there. More than four million transactions take place there in one trading day.

Key features of the Chicago Board Options Exchange

The volume of primary contracts exceeds 1 billion.
This exchange is mainly for market makers trading on their own, as well as the brokers that execute orders on behalf of the investors.
Most of the transactions (90-95%) are digital. These transactions make up approximately 60% of the exchange's total trade turnover. The rest of the transactions are carried out through the work of brokers on the trading floor.
The exchange allows to trade options on the most popular indices and stocks in the world.
The Chicago Board Options Exchange is a world leader in the innovation of financial products and e-commerce tools.