The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), located at 400 South LaSalle Street in Chicago, is one of the world's largest options exchanges with an annual trade of over 15 billion shares of stock options in more than 1200 companies, 50 stock indexes, and 50 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) . The exchange was established in 1973 , by creating and listing standardized stock options. The CBOE is regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and its options contracts are cleared by the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC).

Contracts Offered

The CBOE offers options on the following:

• S&P 500 Index (ticker SPX)
• S&P 100 Index (OEX)
• Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJX)
• NASDAQ-100 Index (NDX)
• Russell 2000 Index (RUT)
• S&P 500 Depositary Receipts - SPDRs (SPY)
• NASDAQ-100 Trust (QQQQ)
• Dow Diamonds Trust (DIA)
• Microsoft
• General Electric

and hundreds more securities.

The CBOE calculates and disseminates the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM), and other indexes.

Reference

1. History of CBOE

External links

• Chicago Board Options Exchange
• DeriBoard.com - The discussion board for specialists, researchers and students of financial derivatives. (Incl. Options Calculator)

Stock exchanges in the United States | Chicago, Illinois