Options Market Overview

Following a decline in the S&P 500 ® Index of 6.9% in October and a drop of 9.2% in December, more investors appear to be exploring income-producing strategies that have the potential for relatively strong risk-adjusted returns amid...

Since 1983, Cboe has offered stock index options. In 2018, several new all-time records for volume and open interest were reported as investors faced heightened volatility. Index options have the potential to generate more income for options sellers...

Stock market gyrations this December have been attributed to the dominance of systematic trading driven by algorithms. While electronic trading may cause dramatic price swings in the market, there’s a meaningful behavioral element as well....