Oops, they finally did send something out about 15 mins ago: Trading status update: http://stks.co/fSuL Following the link gets you to the systems status page. Wotta buncha tools.
Very nice, CBOE not working. Exactly as u said. There is no public information in media about it... :-/ Only here on ET there is thread about it. Everywhere else it seems like everything is OK... lol
Over 2 hours now, no updates from the cboe when they will be up. Currently have postions in the SPX weelkies that expire tomorrow that I can't trade.
Nice.. I'm stick in SPX contracts that I wanted to trade at the open but unable to trade.. now owe a lot of money since its been ticking up.
Restart at 12:50? http://www.marketwatch.com/story/cboe-to-restart-trade-at-1250-pm-eastern-2013-04-25
Everything's working. Good thing not much was going on today re VIX. SPX was more annoying, but fortunately I was well hedged there. Still, this is very scary. Where were their backup systems? Do they even HAVE backup systems?
Imagine trying to close or roll a position in weekly SPX or OEX options on a big down day and the exchange is down. Job #1 in trading is managing risk. There's only 1 way to manage this risk and that's to avoid these single exchange vehicles.