Jan 20 Options Activity Sets Record
From Reuters:
The Chicago Board Options Exchange, the largest U.S. options mart, said options volume at the exchange was more than 5.3 million contracts on Friday — the busiest single trading day in its 33-year history.
(Just a followup on my previous post regarding Friday being extraordinary from an options standpoint).

dummyspots.com » Caution: Resistance At Hand said,
September 13, 2006 @ 7:41 pm
[…] Many successful individual traders trade very little or none that last 2-3 days of expiry week. It’s usually boring as hell. But when it does move, it can make you sing and puke all in the same day. Anyone remember last January’s expiry?? […]