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• 3C^®
• BATS^®
• BATS TRADING INC.^®
• BPVIX^®
• BXTR^®
• BYX^®
• BZX^®
• CBOE^®
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• CBOE DIGITAL^®
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• CBOE OPTIONS INSTITUTE^®
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• DIRECT EDGE^®
• EDGA^®
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• EUROCCP^®
• FLEX^®
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• HYBRID^®
• JYVIX^®
• LEAPS^®
• LiveVol^®
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• MNX^®
• NANO^®
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• OPTIONS INSTITUTE^®
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• VIX^®
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• BIG^℠
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• BXM^℠
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• BXRD^℠
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• C2^℠
• CAPS^℠
• CBOE 5 + MARKET SCAN^℠
• CBOE CLEAR^℠
• CBOE NANO^℠
• CBOE Russell 2000 Volatility Index^℠
• CBOE Short-Term Volatility Index^℠
• CBOE Vector^℠
• CBOE/CBOT 10-year U.S. Treasury Note Volatility Index^℠
• CBOE/CME FX British Pound Volatility Index^℠
• CBOE/CME FX Euro Volatility Index^℠
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• CLL^℠
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• CMBO^℠
• CNDR^℠
• Direct Edge ECN^℠
• HYTS^℠
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• IT'S ABOUT TIME^℠
• Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities^℠
• LOVOL^℠
• MXEA^℠
• MXEF^℠
• NANO OPTIONS^℠
• NANOS^℠
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• NO SUBSTITUTE^℠
• Optionsinstituteplus^℠
• PPUT^℠
• PULSE^℠
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• PUTR^℠
• PutWrite^℠
• RMC^℠
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• Silexx^℠
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• THE EXCHANGE^℠
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• THE OPTIONS INSTITUTE^℠
• THE OPTIONS TOOLBOX^℠
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• VARB-X^℠
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• VXEUR^℠
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• VXGBP^℠
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• Weeklys^℠
• WPTR^℠
• WPUT^℠
• XBT^℠

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Licensed Trademarks

Cboe has licensed several trademarks from third parties from whom it has also licensed indices ("Index Providers"), which may be included on this website or in other materials related to CGI indices and Cboe Indexed Financial Products, as follows:

• Dow Jones^@reg;, Dow Jones Industrial Average^@reg; and DJIA^@reg; are trademarks or service marks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC ("Dow Jones"), have been licensed for use for certain purposes by the Cboe Companies. Derivative indices created, used, and distributed by Cboe Companies and any investment products based thereon are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Dow Jones, and Dow Jones makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in any investment product that is based on any such derivative indices.
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• IHS, IHS Markit, CDX, iBoxx, and iTraxx are trademarks of IHS Markit Limited and its affiliates ("IHS") and have been licensed for use by the Cboe Companies. Any IHS Markit index referenced herein is the property of IHS Markit and is used under license. Any products that have an IHS Markit index as their underlying interest are not sponsored, endorsed, or promoted by IHS Markit.
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• Russell, Russell 1000^@reg;, Russell 2000^@reg;, Russell 3000^@reg;, and Russell MidCap^@reg; are registered trademarks of the Frank Russell Company, used under license.
• S&P, S&P 500, US500, 500, THE 500, SPDR, SPX, and DSPX are trade names or trademarks of S&P Dow Jones Indices, LLC, or its affiliates ("S&P"). Any products that have an S&P index as their underlying interest are not sponsored, endorsed, sold, or promoted by S&P and S&P makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in any investment product that is based on any such indices.

Trademark Usage Guidelines

Proper Trademark Usage

1. Trademarks, service marks, and trade names should be used as proper adjectives used to modify a noun.
   Correct: The VIX^® Index is a measure of market expectations of near-term volatility.
   Incorrect: VIX is a measure of market expectations of near-term volatility.
2. Trademarks, service marks, and trade names should not be used in the possessive or plural.
   Correct: The Options Institute^® classes provide training on how to manage risk.
   Incorrect: Cboe's Options Institutes provide training on how to manage risk.

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