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Friday, March 18, 2011

Index ETF Options 2009

According to cboe.com, these are the index based options with the highest trading volume:

Cash Settled Index Options

Symbol/IndexAverage
Daily
Volume
Average
Premium
Per
Contract
SPX (S&P 500)614,562$2,605
XSP (Mini S&P 500 Index)3,250$311
OEX (S&P 100)35,913$616
XEO (S&P 100 European Style)8,853$754
DJX (Dow Jones Industrial Average)17,171$283
NDX (Nasdaq-100 Index)17,210$9,355but median is maybe 5000
MNX (Mini Nasdaq-100 Index)6,841$775
RUT (Russell 2000 Index)47,798$1,237
VIX (CBOE Volatility Index)132,255$157

Index ETF Options

ETF (symbol)Average
Daily
Volume
Average
Premium
Per
Contract
SPDR® S&P® 500 ETF (SPY)343,151$223
iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (IWM)114,216$220
DIAMONDS (DIA)18,675$252
PowerShares QQQ™ (QQQQ)182,533$109

Total CBOE Volume for FLEX, LEAPS and Quarterly Options

SymbolFLEXLEAPSQuarterly
DIA111,9884,706,166
IWM1,112,04228,782,379
QQQQ767,12545,998,373
SPY141,4284,910,05086,473,960
XLE133,3203,271,278

Other Symbols with Significant Volume

NameSymbol2009 Volume
Market Vectors Gold Miners(NYSE:GDX)1,653,476
iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index(NASDAQ:IBB)258,245
iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate(NYSE:IYR)1,862,999
Oil Service HOLDRs(NYSE:OIH)1,893,159
Retail HOLDRs(NYSE:RTH)463,957
Semiconductor HOLDRs(NYSE:SMH) 1,184,018
SPDR S&P Homebuilders(NYSE:XHB)1,124,363
Materials SPDR(NYSE:XLB)605,610
Energy Select Sector SPDR(NYSE:XLE)3,271,278
Financial Select Sector SPDR(NYSE:XLF)17,557,491
Industrial SPDR(NYSE:XLI)998,619
Technology SPDR(NYSE:XLK)406,255
Consumer Staples Select Sect. SPDR(NYSE:XLP)220,549
Utilities SPDR(NYSE:XLU)531,793
Health Care SPDR(NYSE:XLV)218,367
Consumer Discretionary SPDR(NYSE:XLY)886,230
SPDR S&P Metals and Mining(NYSE:XME)216,391
SPDR S&P Retail(NYSE:XRT)1,567,456
SPDR S&P MidCap 400(NYSE:MDY)234,480
Rydex S&P Equal Weight(NYSE:RSP)207,224
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Indx(NYSE:EEM)11,698,137
iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund(NYSE:EFA)1,587,223
iShares MSCI Japan Index(NYSE:EWJ)711,050
iShares MSCI Taiwan Index(NYSE:EWT)256,573
iShares MSCI Mexico Inv. Mt. Idx.(NYSE:EWW)433,434
iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund(NYSE:EWY)226,516
iShares MSCI Brazil Index(NYSE:EWZ)6,082,407
iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index(NYSE:FXI)2,837,161
Market Vector Russia ETF Trust(NYSE:RSX)222,428

Commodity Pools

NameSymbol2009 Volume
PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund(NYSE:DBA)408,160
Powershares DB Base Metals Fund(NYSE:DBB)17,641
PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund(NYSE:DBC)133,184
PowerShares DB Energy Fund(NYSE:DBE)5,388
PowerShares DB Oil Fund(NYSE:DBO)13,020
PowerShares DB Precious Metals Fd(NYSE:DBP)3,382
PowerShares DB Silver Fund(NYSE:DBS)3,065
PowerShares DB Gold Fund(NYSE:DGL)3,902
SPDR Gold Trust(NYSE:GLD)12,702,941
iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed(NYSE:GSG)15,971
iShares Gold Trust(NYSE:IAU)17,806
ProShares UltraShort DJ-UBS Crude Oi ETF(NYSE:SCO)55,056
iShares Silver Trust(NYSE:SLV)1,817,649
United States Gasoline Fund, LP(NYSE:UGA)4,708
United States Natural Gas Fund, LP(NYSE:UNG)6,085,674
United States 12 Month Oil Fund, LP(NYSE:USL)11,190
United States Oil Fund LP(NYSE:USO)3,717,748

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