Russia’s largest trading venue, Moscow Exchange (MOEX), announced the upcoming launch of 20 new perpetual futures contracts linked to major U.S.-listed companies.
The underlying assets for the new derivatives are MOEX-calculated price fixings for foreign securities, including Tesla, Amazon, Netflix, Apple, AMD, Robinhood and Coinbase.
While the fixings are denominated in U.S. dollars, all settlements on the exchange will be conducted in Russian rubles, without requiring transactions in foreign jurisdictions. Trading will begin in two stages, on September 8 and September 15, 2026.
Demand for Perpetual Futures Grows
According to MOEX data, open interest in perpetual contracts has grown 36% year over year, exceeding 450 billion rubles (approximately $6 billion). More than 60,000 clients trade these instruments monthly.
“These new instruments allow professional market participants and their clients to participate in the price dynamics of popular American companies without the need to purchase the underlying assets or conduct operations in external jurisdictions,” the exchange stated in an official release.
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Maria Patrikeeva, Managing Director of the Derivatives Market at Moscow Exchange, said the current lineup of 11 perpetual futures on currencies, indices, precious metals and stocks is increasingly popular with both institutional players and retail investors.
“The launch of an additional 20 perpetual futures will significantly expand the range of investment strategies available to our clients and contribute to further liquidity growth in the Russian derivatives market,” Patrikeeva added.
MOEX Relies on Its Own Fixings
Last month, the exchange introduced similar perpetual contracts tracking major U.S. benchmarks, including SPY and QQQ ETFs, which track the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 indices, respectively.
MOEX has been calculating its own fixings for foreign securities since July 2026. The platform now uses them as reference prices for the new derivatives, offering ruble-settled contracts linked to U.S. shares without trading the underlying assets directly.
