OREANDA-NEWS. October 07, 2010. On October 6, 2010 a trading record was set on options contracts since their launch - 19,344 trades were executed.

Market participants concluded 17,234 trades on option on RTS index futures contract, that totaled the most number of trades compared with other options contracts and the maximum value since this option launch.

FORTS, the derivatives market of RTS, is the leading trading venue for futures and options in Russia. Trading on FORTS started in September 2001. According to the Futures Industry Association the derivatives market of RTS is among the TOP-10 global derivatives exchanges based on the results of 2009. At present FORTS has the widest range of instruments in Russia. These are 46 contracts (33 futures and 13 options) on RTS Index, shares of Russian companies, short term interest rates, currency, oil, gold, silver, and sugar.