Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) saw record volume in options on its Volatility Index (VIX) on 11 July. Volume totalled 322,484 contracts (213,719 calls and 108,765 puts), exceeding the previous single-day volume record of 277,260 contracts set on 16 May. Total volume for VIX options during June was 2.01m contracts, with average daily volume of 95,283 contracts, making it the second most actively traded index and the fifth most actively traded product at CBOE.

New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) set daily volume records for RBOB futures and crude oil options on the CME Globex electronic trading platform on 13 July. The RBOB futures contract reached a record 111,751 contracts, exceeding the 107,430 contracts traded on 29 May. Crude oil options reached 5,674 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 3,296 contracts set on 11 July.

Nymex’s crude oil futures contract and...