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We’re going live from RMC! Catch Henry Schwartz, VP of Market Intelligence, as he breaks down The State of the Options Industry. We hope you'll join us!  twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Say hello to The Options Institute’s new look 👋 We’ve reimagined the experience. Explore the newly refreshed website, designed to make learning easier, faster, and more intuitive. ▶️ bit.ly/3PFg8Ke

In today's Rut Report, @AngieMiles discusses today’s lighter trading volumes and highlights some exciting activity from earlier in the week. Get the full report ⬇️

As we enter Memorial Day weekend, we honor and remember those who served. We are proud to welcome veterans to ring the opening bell. 🔔 Participating organizations include @FoldsofHonor, TrueShares by RiverNorth, @AcadSecurities, and Academy Asset Management.

Thanks to Apex Women’s Network for joining us to ring the closing bell! 🔔 @apexfintech provides the tools and services that enable hundreds of clients to launch, scale, and support digital investing for tens of millions of end investors. The company provides essential infrastructure and a comprehensive ecosystem of cloud-based products to enable and streamline trading, wealth management, cost basis, tax reporting, and, through its subsidiary Apex Clearing™, custody and clearing.

Ready to learn more about options? The Options Institute offers: ✅ 40 years of experience ✅ Expert-led education ✅ Free classes Explore our June class calendar and register today: bit.ly/4dnfE4v

Opened the markets with Trading Technologies! 🔔 Trading Technologies is a global capital markets technology leader providing multi-asset trading solutions for the world’s top banks, brokers and investment firms as well as connectivity to more than 100 global trading venues, including Cboe. The TT platform is the gold standard for high-performance professional trading software, having won more than 40 awards over the past two years.

In Chicago, more than 50 associates participated in the annual JPMorganChase Corporate Challenge, running or walking 3.5 miles alongside the magnificent sites of the city! 🏙️

We recently hosted our iBoxx iShares Futures and the Credit Ecosystem Workshop in New York. Highlights from the event included: 🔹 A panel on how credit futures are reshaping institutional access 🔹 A discussion on onboarding and sourcing liquidity 🔹 A deep dive from Cboe Labs into the mechanics behind iBoxx iShares futures 🔹 A panel on the evolving fixed income derivatives landscape, covering new tools, products, and indices on the horizon A huge thank you to all our moderators, speakers, and attendees for making it such a successful evening!

"We’ve used MBTX options, the Cboe Bitcoin options, in order to provide investors with defined outcome ETFs tied to Bitcoin, with protection levels that they can choose." - Matt Kaufman, Global Head of ETFs at @Calamos Want to dive deeper into how Calamos is diving into Bitcoin? Listen to Matt's full episode of The Long and Short of it with Natalie Reed on YouTube: bit.ly/49edSQR

Closed the markets with Indiana State University. 🔔 The Scott College of Business at @indianastate delivers AACSB‑accredited, hands‑on business education, emphasizing real‑world experience and career‑ready skills for future business leaders.

From 4.5 million contracts a day… to that same volume in just 5 minutes. Henry Schwartz breaks down the evolution of options volume and the key inflection points shaping today’s market in his Q1 State of the Options Industry. 🎥 Watch the full presentation: bit.ly/4cle6Gn 📊 Read the full report to dive deeper: bit.ly/3PyArce

Opened the markets with Women In Leadership Global. 🔔 Women In Leadership Global is on a mission to unite, empower, and elevate exceptional women in leadership across industries, amplifying their influence to transform industries, drive innovation, and create a lasting impact.

NEWS: Cboe Begins Offering Daily Expirations for Dow Jones Industrial Average Index Options Key Highlights: 💠 Dow Jones Industrial Average index (DJX) options now have contracts expiring every trading day 💠 Exclusively listed on Cboe, DJX options are based on index 1/100th the size of Dow Jones Industrial Average 💠 Expansion of expirations reflects growing demand for short-dated index options trading strategies Read more: bit.ly/4dPVVKO

Thank you to CannonDesign for joining us to ring the closing bell 🔔 One of the world's most visionary design firms, CannonDesign isn't reacting to the future; they are designing it. Working alongside ambitious organizations like Cboe, they harness the power of design and strategy to reshape markets, redesign what's possible and forge futures that set the pace.

In today’s Macro Volatility Digest: ▪️ Small caps led the increase in equity volatility last week, with the RVX Index gaining 2.6 pts to 25% vs. the VIX® Index up 1.2 pts wk/wk. ▪️ Demand for protection increased significantly in the Russell 2000 Index, with 1M skew (25-delta ratio) steepening from the 50th to the 89th percentile high. ▪️ While demand for index protection increased last week, higher rates have not dampened the extreme bullish positioning we’ve seen in single stock options. Get a sneak peek below, and download the full report: 🔗 bit.ly/43m8bN3

Opened the week with the JPMorganChase Corporate Challenge team. 🔔 The JPMorganChase Corporate Challenge is the world’s largest corporate running series. Teams with colleagues of all experience levels walk, jog or run a 3.5-mile course, building a lasting tradition outside the workplace and supporting local communities. This year marked the 43rd running of the event in Chicago – more than 18,000 people made their way through Grant Park, representing 500 different company teams, including Cboe! JPMorganChase donated in celebration of all Corporate Challenge entrants to @AssocHouse, a vibrant, inclusive home for people on a journey to live their fullest lives.

Sharpen your outlook 🕶️ A big thank you to @FTSERussell for sponsoring the sunglasses at this year’s RMC Nashville! Be sure to mark your calendars for what’s next: 📆 Tuesday, October 6 – Inaugural RMC Workshop in London 📅 April 19–21, 2027 – RMC Savannah, GA

The Long and Short of It: Expanding into Crypto with MBTX and CBTX In this episode, Matt Kaufman from @Calamos breaks down how they are approaching crypto as a maturing asset class and why volatility can actually be an advantage when designing modern investment strategies. Want more of Long and Short of It? Watch the full series on YouTube: bit.ly/3PM5PnD

Henry Schwartz Discusses Retail Options Trading Trends on TD Active Trader Live “One of the biggest shifts we’ve seen in the options market in recent years is retail activity — self-directed retail traders now make up more than half of the option volume in general. Options volumes are at a record almost 70 million contracts a day.” - Henry Schwartz, VP, Market Intelligence