Eris Exchange Achieves Open Interest Milestone
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Eris Exchange announced that open interest in its USD Interest Rate Swap Futures products surpassed $10,000,000,000 in notional value, equivalent to 100,000 contracts, on Friday, February 21, 2014. The Exchange achieved this major milestone just days after the highly anticipated first day of mandatory trading of interest rate swaps on Swap Execution Facilities in U.S. markets.
- Dramatic Increase in number of trades per day; ~800 trades per day in March
- 100% of month-to-date trading has been traded on Eris SwapBook (CLOB)
View Data >> Volume and Open Interest
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Observe Tighter Spreads and Increased Depth of Market
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Eris Market Liquidity Updates
Market depth has recently improved across the board on all Eris Swap Futures as on-boarding of additional buy-side participants and market makers has accelerated in 2014.
Tighter Spreads
Eris Exchange bid/ask spreads have significantly tightened up, ranging from 0.2 to 0.4 bp from bid to ask (under normal market conditions).
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Featured Trade: Trade Calendar Spreads on Eris SwapBook Today |
Eris Calendar Spreads provide a cost efficient manner to roll Eris Standards by combining two underlying contracts into a single trade, without leg risk.
Ways to Trade Eris Calendar Spreads:
Discrete Spreads: Trade combined package electronically via Eris SwapBook
Auto Spreading Tools: Trade buy and sell legs independently by utilizing 3rd party ISV auto spreading tools: Eris SwapBook GUI, TT, and RTS
Single Block Trade: Trade combined package by voice, 2 legs reported through Eris BlockBox; voice execution of calendar rolls feature net credit checks based on net risk of the trade
Read More >> Calendar Spread Tearsheet
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Trade Eris Markets Through Leading Electronic Execution Platforms
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Eris Exchange offers electronic access through open FIX -based APIs and market leading front-end electronic execution platforms such as Bloomberg, RTS, Trading Technologies, Eris SwapBook and more.
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Featured Article: Eris Swap Futures Milestone Due to Wide Appeal
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Swap futures venue Eris Exchange last week surpassed US $10 billion in notional value for its key swaps futures products, which its chief has attributed to the wide appeal of the instruments as traditional swaps trading faces costly regulatory demands.
Eris Exchange has doubled its US dollar interest rate swaps futures volume from 50,000 contracts in September to 100,000 this month. It is a 400% rise on the January 2012 figure of just over 20,000.
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Apply For Open Positions at Eris Exchange Today
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Eris Exchange is growing and needs talented individuals to join the team. Below are four new open positions:
� General Counsel and Chief Regulatory Officer
� Senior Finance Professional � Functional Analyst/Tester
� Eris Control Center Analyst
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Join Eris for an FIA Boca Conference Panel on March 12 at 2:00 PM ET
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Eris Exchange is proud to be a sponsor at the FIA Boca 2014 conference, March 11-13 at the Boca Raton Resort in Florida.
Come see Neal Brady, CEO of Eris Exchange, who will participate in a panel discussion on Wednesday March 12, 2014 at 2:00 PM ET. The panel, Solving the Liquidity Challenge, will be chaired by Richard Prager. Other panelists include Jeff Jennings of Credit Suisse, Richard McVey of MarketAxess, and John Shay of Virtu Financial.
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$10,000,000,000 Open Interest Milestone
Eris Market Liquidity Updates
Featured Trade: Calendar Spreads
Electronic Execution Contacts
Featured Article: THE TRADE
Eris Careers: Apply Today
FIA Boca Panel and Meetings
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