Options Industry Council

• Trading Places: Lurton joins FIA as deputy general counsel

  By Alanna Byrne  |  January 4, 2013

  A wrap-up of promotions and moves from around the industry

• Trading Places: Marzo to retire from Hong Kong Exchange

  By Alanna Byrne  |  December 28, 2012

• Trading Places: Newedge makes global metals appointments

  By Alanna Byrne  |  December 21, 2012

  A wrap-up of promotions and moves from around the industry

• Trading Places: Brodsky steps down as CBOE CEO

  By Alanna Byrne  |  December 14, 2012

• Collaring multiple-asset ETFs to manage tail risk

  By Phil Gocke  |  August 1, 2012

  How to use collar strategies on multiple-asset ETFs for downside protection and upside participation.

• Greeks: The what, why and how of options pricing

  By Michael J. McFarlin  |  June 1, 2012

  Delta, theta, gamma isn’t the name of a fraternity; they determine an option’s price. Here’s what you need to know

• Options trading volume falls 10% in March

  By Press Release  |  April 3, 2012

  Average daily trading volume in March was 17.1 million contracts, 5.7% lower than the 18.1 million in the same year ago period.

• Industry options volume drops in February

  By Press Release  |  March 1, 2012

  According to the Options Industry Council, 349 million options contracts changed hands in February, 1.34% less than the 354 million that traded in February 2011.

• Industry options volume sets record for 2011

  By Press Release  |  January 2, 2012

  Total options trading volume for 2011 came in at 4,562,748,194 contracts, surpassing last year’s record by 17.02 percent when 3,899,068,670 total options contracts were exchanged.

• Buy-write outperforms buy and hold: Study

  By Press Release  |  September 14, 2011

  According to an OIC study on the Russell 2000, and options-based buy-write strategy outperforms buy and hold.