The Chicago Board Options Exchange Hosts Webinar on Index Options September 30, 2008

Business Wire, Oct 3, 2008

CHICAGO -- Last month, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) - a http://www.ONN.tv partner in providing educational content for option traders - featured a webinar titled Trading Options: Short-term Trading Techniques and Tactics for Index Options.

Jim Bittman, instructor for The Options Institute at CBOE, discussed unique features and advantages of index and ETF options, outlined trading guidelines, and discussed tax ramifications.

Bittman also welcomed Elliot Spar, an Option/Market Strategist with Stifel, Nicolaus Company. The pair discussed ways to trade index options in the short term, touching on volatility implications and proper trading guidelines.

To access the webinar, please follow this link. (http://accordent.powerstream.net/008/00124/presentations/SN20080916/ f.htm?i=205&u=7096&testingUrl=http://oiwebcasts.cboe.com/p ortal/myaccount/pL/certIssue.asp&trackingUrl=http://oiwe bcasts.cboe.com/portal/servlets/track%) (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)

The webinar was exclusively sponsored by Stifel Nicolaus, a publicly traded securities brokerage and investment banker.

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