Traded options: ISE volume up 45% while NYSE cuts its prices

Electronic options market to open cash equity business in the third quarter.

Executives at the International Securities Exchange (ISE), the all-electronic US equity options market, could be forgiven for being a little nervous as they prepare for the launch of their cash equity market, which is slated to open for business some time in the third quarter. But if the project turns out to be not as successful as hoped, they can at least take heart from the fact that their existing business is booming like never before.

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