Borsa İstanbul Derivatives Market (VIOP) FX Futures Break All-Time Open Interest record

Borsa İstanbul Derivatives Market (VIOP), number of FX Futures Open Interest threshold of 300.000 contracts has been surpassed on February 17, 2015 with 306.242 contracts, marking an all-time record in the number of FX futures positions since 2005.

Moreover, number of orders record is also broken on the same date with 350.005 orders. Thanks to the increasing liquidity in VIOP, visible increase is noted in open interest aimed at hedging risk not only by financial institutions but also real sector companies.

VIOP, with the central counterparty settlement facility and its ever increasing liquidity, is on its way to become the prominent hedging platform of choice.