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May 7, 2008
BOX Breaks Improvement Record, Continues Expansion
Program

In the month of April, price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via the Boston Options Exchange’s (“BOX”) price improvement auction (‘PIP’) averaged $4.08 per contract, the highest level improvement has been at in BOX’s history. This represented savings to investors of $6.8 million. For more information click here.

April 3, 2008
BOX Surpasses $180 Million In Savings To Investors,
Volume Grows 49% Year-Over-Year

In the month of March, price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via the Boston Options Exchange’s (“BOX”) price improvement auction (‘PIP’) averaged $3.62 per contract. This represented savings to investors of $5.8 million. With this amount, BOX has reached $183 million in savings to investors since inception. For more information click here.

March 5 , 2008
BOX Saves Investors $5.1 Million, Volume Increases 40% Year-Over-Year
In the month of February, price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via the Boston Options Exchange’s (“BOX”) price improvement auction (‘PIP’*) averaged $3.29 per contract. An average of 78,120 contracts per day received price improvement during the month. This represented savings to investors of $5.1 million. For more information click here.

February 4, 2008
BOX Sets Trading Volume Records In January 2008, PIP
Savings Also At Record Level

The month of January 2008 proved to be the best month in BOX's history, witnessing new daily, weekly, and monthly volume records. For more information click here.

February 4, 2008
History Made For BOX: Best Monthly, Weekly & Daily Volume
BOX saw the best month in its
history in January 2008 with record volumes in all categories – monthly, weekly and daily. For more information click here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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BOX Price Improvement (PIP)
BOX was the first options market to provide the possibility of price improvement to private investors via its innovative electronic auction process known as the PIP.
Average Daily PIP Savings
Last 9 months | 2006 |2007 | 2008
Estimation of money saved by investor using PIP versus the prevailing National Best Bid or Offer (NBBO) at time of trade
BOX Average Daily Volume
Last 9 months | 2006 | 2007 | 2008

 




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