Spectrum Markets On Track For Successful First Year Of Trading

In November 66.7 million securitised derivatives were traded. This represents a 19% increase over the previous month and sets a record. Daily records were set on November 4 and 10. On November 4, Spectrum recorded 13,187 transactions and on November 10, more than six million securitised derivatives were traded. The share of out-of-hours trading (i.e. 1730-0900) in November was 38%.

The breakdown of trading volume of securitised derivatives in November is as follows: 88.3% is attributable to indices (October: 85.6%), 8.1% to FX (October: 10%) and 3.6% to commodities (October: 4.4%).

The top traded underlyings were S&P 500 with a share of 24.2%, followed by the OMX with 23.6% and the DAX with a share of 19.7%. All 21 underlyings have been traded in November (overview).

Spectrum Markets is a pan-European marketplace where retail investors can invest in structured products via their brokers. From its launch, trading has been available in the following countries: Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Belgium.