CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME), the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace announced today that for the first time, the number of Large Open Interest Holders (LOIH) in FX futures is now over 1,000, up 16% since the end of 2014.
Bountiful interest from traders of all stripes participating in FX futures bounced back in 2015 as volatility in the markets increased relative to 2014. CME’s current top five open interest FX instruments are as follows: Euro FX Futures, Japanese Yen Futures, Australian Dollar Futures, Mexican Peso Futures and New Zealand Dollar Futures.
CME the largest regulated FX marketplace in the world – serving a diverse range of market participants that includes banks, hedge funds, CTAs, proprietary trading firms, multinational companies and active individual traders.
Additionally, CME offers comprehensive and flexible clearing services for OTC FX trades through CME ClearPort, an open-access, platform agnostic, post-execution clearing solution.
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