Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) is one of the worlds larget options exchanges. It was formed in 1973 by the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT).

It served as the first formal and standardised place for the trade of stock options in a fair and orderly manner, and on the 26th of April 1973, 911 contracts were traded upon 16 underlying stocks.