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About Trading Futures

The advantage futures has over equities is the ability to take a position based on the market going down, or as commonly referred to as shorting the market.

Coupled with options on futures, the trader has the ability to create synthetic long or short position and a myriad of other strategies. At MF Global your advisor can help with these and other strategies.

Futures - A Definition

"A futures contract is a legally binding agreement made between two parties to buy or sell a commodity or financial instrument at an agreed price, on a specified date in the future. With futures contracts, the quantity and quality of the underlying commodity are specified and the future delivery date is fixed. The price is the only variable and is determined through the interaction of buyers and sellers at the time when the contract is first opened."

SFE SPI 200™ Equity Index Futures and Options

SFE SPI 200™ Index Futures and Options are the benchmark derivative products for investors trading and hedging in the Australian equity index market. SFE SPI 200™ Index Futures and Options enable you to trade movements in the S&P/ASX 200 Index in a single transaction, thereby allowing exposure to Australia's top 200 companies without having to buy or sell shares in every company in the index.

SFE SPI 200™ Index Futures and Options are approved for trading by the US Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA).

More info >> SPI 200 (pdf)

3 Year & 10 Year Australian Treasury Bond Futures & Options

SFE's Australian 3 and 10 Year Bond Futures and Options are the benchmark derivatives products for the trading and hedging of medium to long-term AUD fixed interest securities and interest rate swaps. The Australian 3 Year Bond Futures contract is ranked amongst the 10 most traded interest rate futures products in the world today. Completing the suite of bond derivative products, SFE also offers Intra-Day Options and Overnight Options which are available to trade for a single SYCOM® session.

More info >> 3 and 10 (pdf)

90 Day Australian Bank Accepted Bill Futures and Options

SFE's Australian 90 Day Bank Bill Futures & Options product is Australia's benchmark indicator for short-term interest rates. Launched in 1979, the Australian 90 Day Bank Bill was the first interest rate futures contract to be listed outside the United States. Average daily turnover is approximately 6 times the turnover of the underlying cash market.

More info >> 90DBB (pdf)

CME Group Forex E-micro Futures

Six currency pairs
Largest regulated Forex market
Quotes in Interbank terms
Secure central clearing

More info >> Forex E-micro Futures (pdf)


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