Optionable Releases Volume for November 2006, Gaining Traction in Gasoline and Heating Oil Contracts

OPTIONABLE RELEASES VOLUME FOR NOVEMBER 2006, GAINING TRACTION IN GASOLINE AND HEATING OIL CONTRACTS

Briarcliff Manor, NY, December 5, 2006 – Optionable, Inc. (OTCBB: OPBL), a leading provider of natural gas and other energy derivatives brokerage services, announced today that it had a record month in the number of contracts traded for its clients. For the month of November Optionable traded 1,117,963 options and swaps either through the NYMEX ClearPort® clearing platform, bilateral trading or the NYMEX floor.

“This is a record volume for November for the company”, said Edward O’Connor, president of Optionable. “On another note, we executed approximately 1,095 contracts of heating oil representing a notional amount of 46,000,000 gallons and 762 contracts of gasoline with a national amount of 32,000,000 gallons in November, indicating that we are getting traction in expanding in brokering energy derivatives other than natural gas”.

About Optionable
Optionable, Inc. is a leading provider of natural gas and other energy derivatives trading and brokerage services, headquartered in Briarcliff Manor, NY. The company provides its services to brokerage firms, financial institutions, energy traders and hedge funds nationwide. In addition to the traditional voice brokerage business, Optionable recently launched an automated derivatives trading platform. OPEX is a real-time electronic trade matching and brokerage system designed to improve liquidity and transparency in the energy derivatives market. For more information about Optionable and OPEX please visit www.optionable.com.


Safe Harbor Statement
This release contains forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking statements in this release do not constitute guarantees of future performance. Those statements involve a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, including risks associated with market acceptance of OPEX, our ability to retain key employees, reliance of strategic relationships, intense and increasing competition, concentration of services revenues related to natural gas derivatives, increased governmental regulations as well as other risks detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Optionable assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release or with respect to the announcements described herein.
OPEX is a service mark of Optionable, Inc.
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Rudy Barrio (investors)
Allen & Caron Inc
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Email: r.barrio@allencaron.com