Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Moscow Exchange – Moscow Exchange –
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The total volume of transactions on the Moscow Exchange futures market as of the end of August 2025 amounted to 9.8 trillion rubles (8.2 trillion rubles in August 2024). The volume of open positions in August 2025 updated its historical maximum and amounted to 3 trillion rubles at the end of the month (1.9 trillion rubles as of the end of August 2024).
Futures and options transactions on the Moscow Exchange were concluded by 184 thousand clients (132 thousand in August 2024). The share of individuals in the total volume of exchange derivatives trading was 53%.
31% of the volume of transactions by individuals was in commodity futures and options, the share of currency derivatives was 29%, and derivatives on indices and shares – 40%.
The most popular instruments in individuals' portfoliosy1sh As of the end of August, these were quarterly futures on the Moscow Exchange Index (MIX), quarterly futures on gold (GOLD), quarterly futures on Henry Hub gas (NG), quarterly futures on the US dollar-Russian ruble (Si) and Chinese yuan-Russian ruble (CNY) currency pairs, perpetual futures on the Moscow Exchange Index (IMOEXF), quarterly futures on oil (BR) and the RTS Index (RTS).
The share of the evening trading session in the total trading volume on the futures market was 17%. Morning trading in August accounted for 5% of the total trading volume.
In August, Moscow Exchange's futures market opened up weekend trading. 34,000 clients took advantage of the opportunity to trade futures and options on weekends. The total volume of weekend trading in exchange derivatives in August amounted to 67 billion rubles.
The Moscow Exchange Futures Market is the leading platform for trading derivative financial instruments in Russia and Eastern Europe, which combines a developed infrastructure, reliability and guarantees, as well as the most modern technologies for trading futures and options. Today, the Moscow Exchange derivatives market trades 41 stock options, 3 currency options, a gold option, an index option, over 150 futures contracts and options on them, the underlying assets of which are stock indices, shares, currency pairs, precious and industrial metals, oil, gas and other goods, interest rates.
y1sh The calculation is made based on the number of unique individuals who have open positions in the specified instruments. Contact information for the media 7 (495) 363-3232Pr@moex.kom
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