BOX - Boston Options Exchange

Press Releases and Announcements

Learn more about the most recent developments on the BOX market, including press releases, announcements and media packets.

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September 3, 2010

Price Improved Contracts Reach New All-Time High

In the month of August, price improved contracts on BOX increased to an average of 204,090 per day, setting a fresh all-time record and continuing their impressive ascent.

August 3, 2010

Price Improved Contracts Continue Impressive Ascent

In the month of July, price improved contracts on BOX soared to an average of 200,244 per day, a five-fold increase over the level registered only five months ago.

June 21, 2010

OptionsCity Certified on BOX

OptionsCity is now an approved vendor for electronic trading and market making on BOX.

June 2, 2010

Price Improved Contracts Surge In May

In the month of May, price improved contracts on BOX soared to an average of 99,812 per day, an increase of 62% over April and its highest level in 28 months.

May 5, 2010

PIP Stats, Volume Raise Significantly

For the month of April, price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via BOX's PIP averaged $2.97 per contract, up from $2.45 in March. Average daily trading volume increased 36% on a month-to-month basis.

April 29, 2010

BOX Launches High-Capacity Operations Platform

BOX announced today at the Options Industry Conference it will launch a new operations platform on Monday, May 10. BOX has partnered with Equinix, Inc., a provider of global data center services, to create an ultra-fast matching engine within the Equinix NY4 International Business Exchange (IBX®) data center.

April 7, 2010

BOX Saves Investors $2.3M In March

For the month of March, price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via BOX's PIP averaged $2.45 per contract, resulting in $2.3M in total savings to investors.

March 10, 2010

BOX is Moving Operations to Equinix

BOX is moving its operations within the Equinix NY4 International Business Exchange data center. The deployment provides a secure, high performance trading evironment that BOX requires for its present and future plans.

March 3, 2010

PIP Improvement Increases For Third Consecutive Month

For the month of February, price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via BOX's PIP averaged $2.73 per contract, up from $2.60 in January and $2.40 in December.

February 3, 2010

PIP Volume, Improvement Increase In January, Volume Grows 41%

In the month of January, price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via BOX's PIP averaged $2.60 per contract, up from $2.40 in December. Average daily trading volume increased 41% on a month-to-month basis.

January 6, 2010

BOX Saves Investors $1.8M In December

In the month of December, price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via BOX's PIP averaged $2.40 per contract, resulting in $1.8M in total savings to investors.

Investor savings from orders submitted to the PIP have topped a quarter billion dollars