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:

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

Opened the markets with Cohen & Co. 🔔 @CohenCoNews is a national accounting and advisory firm serving the investment industry, operating companies, real estate developers and private clients. Known for deep technical experience across audit, tax, and advisory services, the firm has particular strength in asset management, including registered funds, alternative investment funds, and digital assets.

Innovation Spotlight: Integral Integral is a technology partner for global currency markets, providing institutional-grade trading technology and access to deep liquidity networks for a wide range of financial institutions and retail brokerages. Integral leverages Cboe's global data feeds, allowing its clients to expand beyond Foreign Exchange (FX) and indices to offer data on thousands of U.S. and European single-stock CFDs. 👉 Read the full case study:

Closed the markets with Themes ETFs. 🔔 @ThemesETFs is an exchange-traded fund provider offering a wide range of thematic, sector-specific, and leveraged ETFs at 40% lower expense ratios than the industry average.

Thanks for joining us to ring the closing bell Dow Jones. 🔔 @DowJones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering unrivaled data and analysis to its customers. Home to trusted products and services like The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Risk & Compliance and Dow Jones Energy, the success of the company is reflected in its year-over-year revenue and subscription growth, with more than 6.5 million subscriptions across its publications.

For more than four decades, The Options Institute has delivered trusted, high-quality financial education to investors of all backgrounds—continuously evolving to empower learners with the knowledge and confidence to make informed financial decisions. From foundational concepts to advanced risk management strategies, your learning journey starts here. Create your free account and start learning today:

On @BloombergTV's The Close, Mandy Xu discussed how concentrated the recent rally has been, bullish retail options activity, and the latest trends in index and single-stock volatility.

Three million 0 DTE contracts traded in $SPX every single day. That is 62% of all daily volume in the most liquid options market on the planet. It started with indexes. Now Tesla, Nvidia, Apple and Amazon all have Monday and Wednesday expirations and traders piled in immediately. The way people use options has completely changed. @CVecchioFX and @Cboe VP Henry Schwartz on what comes next:

Closing the markets with @BlackRock. 🔔 BlackRock’s purpose is to help more and more people experience financial well-being. As a fiduciary to investors and a leading provider of financial technology, they help millions of people build savings that serve them throughout their lives by making investing easier and more affordable.

Opened the markets with Penserra. 🔔 Penserra is an institutional broker and investment firm. Penserra offers ETF solutions that specialize in bringing sophisticated options strategies to everyday investors, and they serve options dealers looking to hedge exposure with physical stocks.

Since its introduction in 1993, the VIX® Index has considered by many to be the world’s premier barometer of investor sentiment and market volatility. Swipe through to explore answers to common VIX FAQs ➡️ Curious to learn more? Start here:

Introducing the new 2x daily leveraged ETFs by @ThemesETFs - out now on @Cboe ! Check out the full list below. Investment involves significant risk including potential loss of principal. Performance multiplier could include both positive and negative performance.

Closing the markets with ETF Architect. 🔔 @etfarchitect is on a mission to lower barriers to entry in the ETF market by delivering a low-cost, high-quality, turnkey solution to the ETF while-label market. Via their EA Series Trust, they partner with fund managers (hedge, mutual, SMA) as well as registered investment advisors (RIAs) and family offices who want to leverage the material tax and operational efficiencies of the ETF structure.

In today’s Macro Volatility Digest: ▪️ While the SPX® Index is up over 9% over the past month, the rally has been incredibly concentrated, led largely by the Tech sector (up 20%). ▪️ We’ve seen a sharp uptick in call buying activity from retail investors. ▪️ With the sharpness of the recent Tech rally, overwriters have pulled back, with the share of retail opening activity that is selling calls dropping from 24% to now 17%. Get a sneak peek below, and download the full report: 🔗

Thank you to Executive Construction for joining us to ring the bell this morning! 🔔 @ECIbuild is a commercial general contractor with offices in Chicago and New York, delivering projects nationally across interiors, new construction, mission critical, and life sciences markets.

Thrilled to share that Cboe’s Life is Better With Options campaign took home four Gold awards at last night’s @theFCSorg Portfolio Awards, including the highest honor presented at the event—the Judges’ Choice Award, which represents the top award overall. “Cboe is proud to have its Life is Better With Options campaign recognized at the FCS Portfolio Awards. Just as people expect options in their everyday lives, investors across the globe are increasingly turning to options to help manage portfolios. This global campaign comes as we continue to see record options demand, and we’re grateful to be at the forefront of this growth as we work to enhance investor education and awareness of this important asset class." - Megan Goett, Chief Marketing Officer

📍 Mark your calendars—RMC is heading to Savannah! Save the date for the next chapter of Cboe’s Risk Management Conference (RMC), where industry leaders, innovators, and practitioners gather to shape what’s next in derivatives and market strategy. Location: JW Marriott, Savannah Plant Riverside District Dates: April 19–21 What to Expect: 💠 Expert-led panels and keynotes 💠 Cutting-edge insights on volatility, derivatives, and risk strategy 💠 Networking with global leaders in the financial industry 💠 A historic setting in the city of hospitality Whether you're a returning attendee or new to RMC, this is your opportunity to connect and learn alongside your peers in the industry. 👀 Registration opens soon—stay tuned!