A seminar entitled “Managing Currency Risk and Options Strategies with VIOP Products” was held at Ankara Chamber of Industry jointly by Borsa İstanbul Derivatives Market (VIOP) and Yatırım Finansman A.Ş. on May 11, 2015.

The seminar held jointly by Borsa İstanbul VIOP and Yatırım Finansman attracted significant participation from the sector, investors, academicians, and post graduate students. Borsa İstanbul Head of Derivatives Muammer Çakır made an evaluation of the development of derivatives products at Borsa İstanbul, analyzing the recent all-time-high traded value registered and the rapidly increasing traded volume on VIOP. Çakır emphasized the significance of market making activities and options contracts of increased traded volume. Çakır also talked about the role of currency futures and options contracts traded on VIOP on managing the currency risks of investors as well as companies, underlining that they work in line with the vision of making VIOP a regional risk management platform.

Yatırım Finansman Menkul Değerler A.Ş. Dealing Manager Dr. Nuri Sevgen talked about the use of futures and options contracts in currency risk management as well as options contracts and the strategies that can be applied using options contracts. Dr. Nuri SEVGEN gave tips about minimizing currency risk, interpreting the specifications of options on the basis of changing market conditions, and investor psychology.  A Question & Answer session was held at the end of the seminar, where the participants were able to receive detailed information for their questions.


Borsa İstanbul Head of Derivatives Muammer Çakır