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May 2, 2008
The NASDAQ Options Market Joins The Options Industry Council
The NASDAQ Options Market has become a member of The Options Industry Council (OIC). NASDAQ Options Market joins the member firms and other exchanges of OIC (American Stock Exchange, Boston Options Exchange, Chicago Board Options Exchange, International Securities Exchange, NYSE Arca, Philadelphia Stock Exchange and The Options Clearing Corporation) in helping to promote the use of equity options through education.

May 1, 2008
OIC Announces A New Study Finds Greater Returns, Less Volatility Using Collar Strategy
OIC expanded its educational efforts designed for institutional investors by providing support for a study of the performance of a passive collar strategy on the PowerShares QQQ ™ exchange-traded fund (ETF). The results show that returns on the strategy can outperform the index.

May 1, 2008
OIC Announces April Volume Increases 43 Percent
OIC announced today that 281,722,376 total options contracts changed hands in April, continuing the high-growth trend experienced over the last several years and representing a 43.09 percent increase over April 2007 volume. Average daily volume for the month was 12,805,562 contracts.

April 3, 2008
MX and OIC Announce Initiative for Equity Options Education
Montréal Exchange Inc. (MX) (TSX: MXX) and The Options Industry Council (OIC), a world leader in options education based in Chicago, announced today that they will undertake cooperative efforts to help Canadian investors learn about equity options and accelerate the growth of the options market in Canada.

April 1, 2008
OIC Announces March Options Trading Grew 23% Over Same Period Last Year
OIC announced today that the total number of options traded for the year reached 2,033,134,720 contracts yesterday, passing the annual volume record set in 2006 of 2,027,847,586 contracts.

March 11, 2008
OIC Sees Impresive Surge in Attendance and Registration for Spring Seminars
After holding the first live seminars for investors and financial advisors of its spring session, The Options Industry Council (OIC) is thrilled to announce that they are experiencing the highest registration and turnout in eight years.

March 3, 2008
Options Industry Volume Increases 33% Over Last February
OIC announced today that options trading volume in February rose 33.4 percent over the same period last year as 244,419,633 contracts changed hands during the month.

February 25, 2008
OIC Announces Equity Options Seminar Lineup for Spring 2008
OIC recently announced its new spring schedule of live seminars for investors and financial advisors. OIC is proud to present these updated seminars for 2008 covering both basic and intermediate equity options essentials.

February 1, 2008
OIC Announces January Trading Soars 81%, Setting New Monthly Volume Record
OIC announced today that total options trading volume in January came in at 357,163,288 contracts, an 80.77 percent increase over the year-ago level of 197,577,509 contracts. This sets a new monthly trading volume record 15 percent higher than the previous record set in November 2007.

January 2, 2008
OIC Announces Options Trading Volume Increases 41% Setting New Record In 2007
OIC announced today that new annual volume record was set in 2007 with a total of 2,862,826,218 contracts changing hands, surpassing 2006’s record by 41.18%. Equity options volume reached 2,592,102,961 contracts, exceeding the 1,844,181,918 total equity options volume contracts traded in 2006 by 40.56% percent.