RTS Stock Exchange Is Global Leader in Single Stock Futures Trading

OREANDA-NEWS. March 2, 2011. By the end of 2010 FORTS, the futures and options market of RTS, was placed first in the  rankings  of world derivatives exchanges in terms of single stock futures trading volume according to the year-end report of Futures and Options Intelligence (FOI), the analytical division of FOW, the leading magazine in derivatives markets.

During 2010 some 226,504,533 single stock futures contracts were traded on RTS, overtaking Eurex which had a total trading volume of 202 188 048 contracts in 2010 and NYSE Liffe London with 183,614,306 contracts.

The Futures and Options Intelligence monthly analysis includes data from 89 of the world’s largest exchanges trading derivatives.  Over the period of October 2010 - January 2011 RTS Stock Exchange took first place in single stock futures trading volume in every month.

In addition, according to FOI  the RTS Index futures contract was among the world’s TOP-10 most liquid contracts on indices in 2010. Trading volume in the RTS Index futures amounted to 224,533,601 contracts, up 55% year on year.

In 2009 and 2010 RTS Stock Exchange won three prestigious FOW awards. In 2009 RTS’s euro/dollar and euro/rouble futures contracts won the award for "Best innovation in product design 2009 – Eastern Europe". In 2010 RTS Standard Index futures was awarded ‘Best innovation by an exchange in the field of product design – Eastern Europe", and RTS unified settlement on FORTS and RTS Standard gained ‘Best innovation by an exchange in the field of customer service – Eastern Europe".

TOP-10 single stock futures exchanges in terms of volume in 2010

TOP-10 most liquid contracts on indices globally in 2010