Despite capacity upgrades, the exchange has been caught napping by the increase in trading volume that has accompanied a bull market.

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Dealers could benefit from an increase in trading volume, offsetting tighter margins.

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An increase in trading volume was to be expected, as Pegasus shares got wider scrutiny and as they were added to the Russell 2000 index.

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Despite an increase in trading volume, the results will be jaded by the rapidly slowing economy and continued fallout in the banking and brokerage sector.

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Once prices break either up or down from the trading range, an increase in volume will validate or confirm the price behavior.

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We expect the trading volume to continue to rise sharply to about 2.3 million contracts by 2013 due to an increase in volumes and in algorithmic trading.

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