Why FLEX options? Customization. With FLEX options, market participants can customize key contract terms, including strike price, exercise style and settlement type, to align with specific investment objectives and risk management needs. ▶️ Watch the full Long and Short of It interview with Alan Roldan of WallachBeth Capital here:

Return Stacked® ETFs closed the markets! 🔔 @returnstacked is built on a simple design: for every $1 invested, each fund seeks to provide approximately $1 of exposure to a core asset class, such as U.S. equities or U.S. bonds, plus $1 of exposure to a diversifying return stream, such as managed futures, merger arbitrage, or gold and bitcoin.

Yestday, Colliers closed the markets to commemorate their ten-year relationship with Cboe! 🔔 @Colliers is a global diversified professional services and investment management company operating in more than 70 countries. Their experts reimagine workplaces, deliver innovative projects, manage exceptional environments, and maximize the potential of real assets.

JJ Kinahan says Cboe just got approval for prediction markets on company KPIs and individual stocks. “We have our XSP, which is one tenth the size of the SPX.” “We’re about to roll out the Russell, we’re about to roll out the Dow, we’re about to roll out the Mag 10.” “What we also just got approval for, and we’re gonna start trading shortly, is KPIs and individual companies’ names.” @TheJJKinahan @Cboe

PeakBot opened the markets! 🔔 @UsePeakBot connects retail traders with easy-to-use automated trading technology they can trust, along with a marketplace of over 50 strategy providers and tools. PeakBot celebrates their growth, their partners and the bridge they have built to level the playing field for retail traders across the globe.

Crypto derivatives are moving into the regulated mainstream. Following the 2024 launch of spot Bitcoin ETFs, the CFTC approved Kalshi's Bitcoin perpetual futures contract on May 29, 2026 — the first time this once-exotic crypto product has landed on a regulated U.S. exchange. CFTC Chair Selig has signaled that approvals for other asset classes are likely to follow, and in a recent interview he compared perpetual futures to "zero day options." That comparison has prompted a wave of investor questions about how perpetual futures ("perpetuals") stack up against zero-day-to-expiration (0DTE) options. Cboe's latest Volatility Insights report argues the comparison, while understandable on the surface, breaks down once you look past leverage and into payoff structure, risk, and actual investor behavior. ▶️ Download the paper to read the research:

One week away!! If you’re in Chicago on November 2nd during FIA Expo Week, this is a MUST attend event. Big thanks to @Kalshi @Cboe @zerohashx @CFTC @WIRED @edge_marketsio @aeropay @river_markets

Did you know nearly 1.9 million FLEX options contracts are traded every day? That's up from just 134,000 contracts per day in 2018. In the latest episode of The Long and Short of It, Alan Roldan of WallachBeth Capital and Bill O'Keefe, Director of Derivatives Sales at Cboe, discuss what's driving the rapid growth of the FLEX options market. ▶️

The World Federation of Exchanges closed the markets! 🔔 @TheWFE is the global industry group for exchanges and clearing houses (CCPs) around the world. The WFE represents more than 250 market infrastructures, from those operating in the largest financial centers to those serving frontier markets and organizes the Ring the Bell for Financial Literacy initiative in support of investor education and financial literacy.

Gigastar opened the markets! 🔔 @GigaStar_ is the Chicago-based startup where individuals can invest in and trade shares of YouTube Creators’ future revenue. GigaStar is ringing the Cboe Opening Bell to celebrate having built the first capital markets for the Creator Economy, right here in its hometown.

BondBloxx closed the markets! 🔔 @bondbloxxetf, the first ETF issuer dedicated exclusively to fixed income, offers investors a comprehensive suite of bond ETFs spanning U.S. Treasuries, investment grade and high yield corporates, emerging markets, tax-aware strategies, and private credit. BondBloxx is ringing the Cboe closing bell today to celebrate the fourth anniversary of XEMD, its emerging markets bond ETF, which recently reached $1 billion in assets under management.

In today's Macro Volatility Digest: 🔹 Implied volatilities rose across asset classes last week as oil prices gained on rising geopolitical tensions and investors pulled back from Tech stocks ahead of key earnings. 🔹 While the VIX® Index ended last week mostly unch’d at 19.5%, it masked significant sector rotation underneath the index surface (e.g. Comm Svc down 6.2% vs. Energy up 1.6%). 🔹 Sentiment in SPX options swung sharply last week as the initial market rebound saw investors chasing with upside calls before the sell-off at the end of the week led to renewed hedging demand. Get a sneak peek below, and download the full report:

Exegy closed the markets! 🔔 @ExegyInc is a global leader in capital markets technology, providing the critical infrastructure that powers some of the world's largest financial institutions and trading firms. As global markets evolve, Exegy continues to drive innovation in the reliability, accessibility, and speed of market data and execution systems.

Lossdog opened the markets! 🔔 .@wearelossdog is a Chicago fintech company from Tom Sosnoff and Scott Sheridan, the founders of thinkorswim and tastytrade. Its platform gives active investors and working professionals one place to optimize their portfolios and price their careers.

This month, members of Cboe Earth gathered at North Avenue Beach in Chicago for a fall cleanup event. 🌎 Cboe Earth is Cboe's affinity group dedicated to identifying opportunities for environmental initiatives within our company and communities. Together, the group collected more than 27 pounds of trash, helping keep Chicago's lakefront clean and welcoming for both people and wildlife. Thank you to everyone who participated!

Introducing Cboe Streaming Trade Review – near real-time obvious error detection and execution quality analytics appended to every trade you or your clients execute. Exchanges give customers just 30 minutes to report an obvious error – professionals get only 15. Miss that window, and the trade stands. Streaming Trade Review flags potential errors the instant they happen, so you have more time to act. Learn more:

Devry University closed the markets! 🔔 .@devryuniv strives to close society's opportunity gap and address emerging workforce needs by preparing learners for careers shaped by rapid technological change. Through its Scholars programs, DeVry provides students pursuing technology careers with access to scholarship opportunities, professional development workshops, hands-on learning experiences, and mentorship opportunities designed to build industry-relevant skills and support career success.

In our latest episode of The Long and Short of It, Natalie Reed sits down with Alan Roldan, of WallachBeth Capital, to explore the rapidly growing world of FLEX options. They discuss how FLEX options bridge the gap between traditional listed and OTC markets, why they have become a critical tool behind the growth of defined outcome and buffered ETFs, and how institutional investors are using FLEX options’ customization, risk management features, and exchange-listed protections to create more precise investment outcomes. Watch the full episode: