Article by: Daniel P. Collins
Published by: Futures Magazine
Date: 17 Nov 2010
“The Chicago Board Options Exchange’s (CBOE) volatility complex has been a successful franchise stemming from its benchmark CBOE volatility index (VIX). But since launching futures and options on the benchmark VIX, options volume has been more impressive than the futures contract which is offered through CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE). But in November VIX futures has set a series of volume records culminating on Tuesday Nov. 16 with record volume of 70,754, which surpassed a two-week old record by 50%”
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