That's blowup fake shameful number. Options market will never see its recovery after the major crooks such as those sitting in CBOE are driven out of business.
While your piffle often makes me laugh I was hoping you could provide a link to a post you have made that has something positive to say.
My option trading volume hit a 25 year low. Hopefully something positive will happen to the option business in 04. We need BOX and Eurex now!