The VIOP (Borsa Istanbul Derivatives Market) saw significant growth in Q1 2015, with trade volume up 41% and total contracts traded up 36% compared to the same period in 2014. VIOP offers futures and options on equities, indexes, currencies, commodities, and ETFs, and saw particularly strong growth in FX futures which were up 216%. Retail investors account for 64% of daily volume. Open interest was up 33% in Q1 2015 compared to the previous year. Foreign participation in the market has nearly doubled to 28%.