OREANDA-NEWS. February 26, 2016. The Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) announced today that the exchange was awarded “Best Overall Exchange” at the fifth annual Wall Street Letter (WSL) Institutional Trading Awards last night in New York City.  

The WSL’s Institutional Trading Awards recognizes “excellence among providers to the institutional trading industry specifically rewarding brokerage firms, exchanges and financial technology companies for achievements and innovation.” 

The “Best Overall Exchange” award recognized CBOE’s continued commitment to product and technology innovation, options education and cited the high marks the exchange received for customer satisfaction. 

As a leader in options and volatility product innovation, trading technology and investor education, CBOE has consistently received industry awards over the past decade, totaling nearly three dozen in areas such as leadership and new product and technology development. At last year’s WSL Institutional Trading Awards ceremony CBOE was recognized with two honors: “Best Options Trading Venue” and “Best Mobile Application.” 

About CBOE

CBOE, the largest U.S. options exchange and creator of listed options, continues to set the bar for options and volatility trading through product innovation, trading technology and investor education. CBOE Holdings offers equity, index and ETP options, including proprietary products such as options and futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX Index) and S&P 500 options (SPX), the most active U.S. index option.  Other products engineered by CBOE include equity options, security index options, Weeklys options, FLEX options and benchmark products such as the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM). CBOE Holdings is home to the world-renowned Options Institute, Livevol options analytics and data tools, and