BOX - Boston Options Exchange

Average Daily PIP Savings 1

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BOX Average Daily Volume

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Best Price Improvement (PIP)

Week ending January 27, 2012

Date Option NBBO Trade Impr.
1/25 S CMI 120317C50.00 54.40 56.75 2.35
1/24 S SDRL 130119C24.80 8.10 10.36 2.26
1/24 B WPI 120818C30.00 27.60 25.39 2.21
         
         

Unit = US$ S = SELL - B = BUY

BOX Daily Market Share 2

February 2, 2012

Symbol Volume Market Share
SPY 40,489 2.8%
QQQ 20,428 4.2%
IWM 16,875 2.8%
BAC 15,633 5.0%
SLV 13,450 9.9%

Archives

  1. Estimation of money saved by investor using PIP versus the prevailing National Best Bid or Offer (NBBO) at time of trade.
  2. Trading volume on BOX as percentage of overall trading volume at OCC in the classes listed on BOX.

Latest News

February 2, 2012

BOX Price Improvement Activity Increases in January

In the month of January, price improved contracts on BOX Options Exchange averaged 318,067 per day.

January 6, 2012

January 2012 InBOX

This is the January issue of InBOX, your news source from inside the BOX Options Exchange. This monthly publication will provide convenient summaries of recent developments at BOX.

January 4, 2012

BOX Price Improvement Activity Increases in December

In the month of December, price improved contracts on BOX Options Exchange averaged 266,627 per day.

December 2, 2011

December 2011 InBOX

This is the December issue of InBOX, your news source from inside the BOX Options Exchange. This monthly publication will provide convenient summaries of recent developments at BOX.

December 1, 2011

BOX Price Improvement Activity Increases in November

In the month of November, price improved contracts on BOX Options Exchange averaged 289,373 per day.

Investor savings from orders submitted to the PIP have topped a quarter billion dollars