CBOE index options
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The Chicago Board Options Exchange introduced the first index options contract in 1983 with the launch of the CBOE-100 index, which later became S&P-100 options (OEX). Four months later, CBOE added S&P 500 options (SPX). Today CBOE offers a long list of index options, many of which, though traded across a number of options exchanges in the U.S., were created at the CBOE.
- CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index - BXM
- CBOE S&P 500 2% OTM BuyWrite Index - BXY
- CBOE DJIA BuyWrite Index - BXD
- CBOE NASDAQ-100 BuyWrite Index - BXN
- CBOE Russell 2000 BuyWrite Index - BXR
- CBOE S&P 500® PutWrite Index - PUT
- CBOE Volatility Index® - VIX®
- CBOE DJIA Volatility Index - VXD
- CBOE NASDAQ Volatility Index® - VXN®
- CBOE Russell 2000 Volatility Index - RVX
- CBOE S&P 100 Volatility Index® - VXO®
- CBOE S&P 500® VARB-X Strategy Benchmark - VTY
Dow Jones Index Options offered at CBOE
- Options on the Dow Jones Industrial Average - DJX
- DIAMONDS Exchange Traded Fund - DIA
- CBOE DJIA Volatility Index - VXD
Standard & Poor's Index Options offered at CBOE
- S&P 500® - SPX
- Mini-SPX Index Options, 1/10th value SPX - XSP
- SPDR® Options, Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts based on S&P 500 - SPY
- S&P 100 Index,® with American Style Exercise - OEX
- S&P 100 Index,® with European Style Exercise - XEO
- S&P 100 ishares,® Exchange Traded Fund, with American Style exercise - OEF
- CBOE Volatility Index® - VIX®
- CBOE S&P 100 Volatility Index® - VXO®
- CBOE S&P 500® VARB-X Strategy Benchmark - VTY
- S&P 500 Annual Dividend Index Options - DVD
- S&P 500 Quarterly Dividend Index Options - DIVD
Russell Index Options offered at CBOE
- Russell 2000® - RUT
- iShares® Russell 2000 Index Fund - IWM
- CBOE Russell 2000 Volatility Index - RVX
Nasdaq Index Options offered at CBOE
- Nasdaq 100® - NDX
- Mini-Nasdaq 100® - MNX
- Nasdaq 100® Index Tracking Stock- QQQ
- CBOE NASDAQ Volatility Index® - VXN®
- CBOE Exchange Index - EXQ
International Index Options offered at CBOE
- iShares MSCI EAFE® - EFA
Currently, CBOE lists quarterly options on the following classes:
- SPY - S&P 500 Depository Receipts (SPDRs®)
- IWM - iShares Russell 2000® Index Fund
- QQQQ - Nasdaq-100® Index Tracking Stocksm
- DIA - DIAMONDS®
- XLE - Energy Select Sector SPDR
CBOE weeklys: Short Term Options
As of March 24, 2006, CBOE offers four Weeklys classes:
- SPX Weeklys: One-week, European-style options on the S&P 500 index with Friday A.M. settlement (last day of trading is a Thursday).
- XSP (Mini-SPX) Weeklys: A smaller sized (1/10th) version of SPX Weeklys traded on the CBOE Hybrid Trading System.
- OEX Weeklys: One-week, American-style options on the S&P 100 index with Friday P.M. settlement (last day of trading is a Friday).
- XEO Weeklys: A European-style version of OEX Weeklys.
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