Instruments

Trade More Financial Instruments – More Than Just Forex

In addition to Forex, you also trade spot metals, Indexes, Global Equities and other CFDs all within our MetaTrader4 platform

Once an institutional product, CFD trading is now heavily traded by the retail market and is a flexible, cost-efficient alternative to traditional shares trading. Trading a CFD allows investors to benefit from the capital gains of a particular stock without having to actually physically own or pay for it.

Similar to trading Forex, CFDs allow investors to hold both "long" and "short" positions granting the retail trader with the opportunity to profit in either a rising of falling stock market. Additionally, investors have the convenience of limiting losses or claiming gains by using stop losses and limit orders.

Because CFDs are traded on margin rather than paying the full value of a transaction, you only needs to pay a percentage when placing a trade.

By offering CFDs, we allow you to indulge in instruments and markets that may otherwise be unavailable or difficult for you to trade.

 

Expand Your Trading Portfolio. Trade More Than Just Forex.

CFD Expiration & Margin Information

Short for contracts for differences, CFDs allow you to speculate on instruments and global markets that may otherwise be unavailable or difficult for the retail investor to trade.

 

Precious Metals

metals

Precious metals provide a useful and effective means of diversifying a portfolio while offering unique inflationary protection - they have intrinsic value, they carry no credit risk and they themselves cannot be inflated (you can't print more of them). Trade precious metals as an opportunity to hedge or simply as a means to diversify your portfolio. Discover the various precious metal trading opportunities with FXPRIMUS. Precious metals that are currently being traded on the commodities market are gold, platinum, palladium and silver.

Instrument Size Margin Required For 1.0 Lot Min Lot Size Pip Value Per 1.0 Lot Avg. spread fixed/var (will fluctuate) Avg. spread ECN (will fluctuate) GMT EST Meta time Futures Contract Months
Gold 100 oz USD500.00 0.01 .01 = USD1 50 35 23:00-22:00 18:00-17:00 1:00-24:00  
Silver 5000oz USD1,000.00 0.01 .01 = USD5 50 35 23:00-22:00 18:00-17:00 1:00-24:00  
Copper 25000 lbs USD1,250.00 0.01 0.001=USD25 4 4 23:00-22:00 18:00-17:00 1:00-24:00 March,May,July, September and December

Energies

energies

Energy trading is when you trade crude oil, natural gas, heating oil, ethanol and purified terephthalic acid. It involves the act of buying, selling and moving of bulk energies from where it is produced to where it is needed.

 

Instrument Size Margin Required For 1.0 Lot Min Lot Size Pip Value Per 1.0 Lot Avg. spread fixed/var (will fluctuate) Avg. spread ECN (will fluctuate) GMT EST Meta time Futures Contract Months
Oil 1000 barrels USD1,000.00 0.01 .01 = USD10 5 3 23:00 - 22:15 M - T 23:00 - 21:45 F 18:00 - 17:15 M - T 18:00 - 16:45 F 1:00 - 00:15 M - T 1:00 - 23:45 F All months

Indices

indices

An index is a statistical measure of changes in a portfolio of stocks representing a portion of the overall market. Index trading is for those with a keen eye for changes in a certain sector or a group of stocks.

 

Instrument Size Margin Required For 1.0 Lot Min Lot Size Pip Value Per 1.0 Lot Avg. spread fixed/var (will fluctuate) Avg. spread ECN (will fluctuate) EST Meta time
S & P 100 units USD1,000.00 0.01 .01 = USD1 70 60 M 18:00 - 16:15, 16:30 - 17:00
T-TH 17:00 - 16:15, 16:30 - 17:00
F 17:00 - 16:15		 M 01:00 - 23:15, 23:30 - 24:00
T-TH 00:00 - 23:15, 23:30 - 24:00
F 00:00 - 23:15
ND 100 units USD2,000.00 0.01 .01 = USD1 70 60 M 18:00 - 16:15, 16:30 - 17:00
T-TH 17:00 - 16:15, 16:30 - 17:00
F 17:00 - 16:15		 M 01:00 - 23:15, 23:30 - 24:00
T-TH 00:00 - 23:15, 23:30 - 24:00
F 00:00 - 23:15
DJ 10 units USD1,000.00 0.01 .01 = USD10 300 200 M 18:00 - 16:15, 16:30 - 17:00
T-TH 17:00 - 16:15, 16:30 - 17:00
F 17:00 - 16:15		 M 01:00 - 23:15, 23:30 - 24:00
T-TH 00:00 - 23:15, 23:30 - 24:00
F 00:00 - 23:15

 

Symbol Country Instrument Commission in USD Size (1.0 Equals) Margin Required for 1.0 Lot Notional Value/Index point EST (New York Time) MT4 Time
AUS200 Australia S&P/ASX200 Index Futures 0.00 100 2000 .1 = 10 AUD M - F 17:50 - 00:30, 01:10 - 15:00 M - F 00:50 - 7:30, 8:10 - 22:00
STOXX50 European Dow Jones EURO STOXX50 Index 0.00 100 4000 .1 = 10 EUR M - F 2:00 - 16:00 M - F 09:00 - 23:00
HK40 Hong Kong - China Hang Seng Index 0.00 100 2500 1.0 =100 HKD M - F 20:15 - 23:00, 24:00 - 03:15 M - F 03:15 - 06:00, 07:00 - 10:15
JP225 Japan Nikkei 225 Index 0.00 100 100 1.0 = 100 JPY M - F 19:00 - 16:15 M - F 02:00 - 23:15
UK100 UK FTSE 100 Index 0.00 100 6000 .1 = 10 GBP M - F 3:00 - 16:00 M - F 10:00 - 23:00
DE30 Germany Xetra DAX Index 0.00 100 4500 1.0 = 100 EUR M - F 2:00 - 16:00 M - F 09:00 - 23:00
DXA US US Dollar Index Futures 0.00 100 10000 .001 = 10 USD 20:00 - 17:00 (Sunday Open 18:00) 03:00 - 00:00 (Sunday open 01:00)

2015 Anticipated Expiration Dates

CFD Expirations will occur on the dates shown below (actual dates may vary). Please note that all CFDs and Equities (with the exception of gold, silver and oil) are considered day orders. A day order is a pending order that is good for that day only. If the limit or stop order price of the pending order is not met during the trading session, it will be canceled at the end of the day.

Instrument Expiration Date
OIL 12/17/2014 1/15/2015 2/18/2015 3/18/2015 4/14/2015 5/15/2015 6/18/2015 7/17/2015 8/18/2015 9/18/2015 10/16/2015 11/18/2015
Copper     2/23/2015   4/24/2015   6/24/2015   8/25/2015     11/23/2015
US Dollar Index       3/12/2015     6/11/2015     9/10/2015    
Gold Futures   1/28/2015   3/27/2015   5/27/2015   7/29/2014   9/28/2015   11/26/2015

Equities

Equity trading is the act of buying and selling of company stock shares. Shares in large publicly traded companies are bought and sold through one of the major stock exchanges.

 

US Equities

us-equities

If the margin required is depicted in a percentage, you can calculate the amount of margin needed to open a trade using the following formula: Shares (Lots) x Contract Size x Price x Percentage = Margin Required (USD)

 

Symbol Country Instrument Commission in USD Size (1.0 Equals) Margin Required for 1.0 Lot Pip Value in USD EST (New York Time) MT4 Time
BAC.N US BANK OF AMERICA 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
CAT.N US CATERPILLAR 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
CVX.N US CHEVRON 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
SLW.N US SILVER WHEATON CORP 0.08 cents per share RT 100 20% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
JPM.N US JP MORGAN CHASE 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
MA.N US MASTERCARD 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
IBM.N US IBM 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
GS.N US GOLDMAN SACHS 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
CRM.N US SALESFORCE 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
V.N US VISA 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
AAPL.OQ US APPLE COMPUTER INC 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
GOOG.OQ US GOOGLE INC 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
AMZN.OQ US AMAZON COM INC 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
RIMM.OQ US RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
FB.OQ US FACEBOOK INC 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
SINA.OQ US SINA CORP 0.08 cents per share RT 100 20% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
INTC.OQ US INTEL 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
YHOO.OQ US YAHOO 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
SBUX.OQ US STARBUX 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
WYNN.OQ US WYNN RESORTS 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
VOD.OQ US VODAFONE 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
AXP.N US American Express 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
AMGN.OQ US AMGEN INC 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
CBS.N US CBS CORP CL B 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
CELG.OQ US CELGENE CORP 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
CME.OQ US CHICAGO MERCANTLE 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
C.N US CITIGROUP 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
CTXS.OQ US CITRIX SYS INC 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
COH.N US COACH 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
CTSH.OQ US COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
COP.N US CONOCO PHILLIPS 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
DIS.N US DISNEY (WALT) 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
EBAY.OQ US EBAY INC 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
ESRX.OQ US EXPRESS SCRIPTS INC 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
XOM.N US EXXON MOBIL 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
FDX.N US FEDEX CORP 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
GILD.OQ US GILEAD SCIENCES INC 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
GMCR.OQ US GREE MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
HD.N US HOME DEPOT 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
JNJ.N US JOHNSON&JOHNSON 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
KRFT.OQ US KRAFT FOODS 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
LVS.N US LAS VEGAS SANDS 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
LBTYA.OQ US LIBERTY GLOBAL A 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
MET.N US METLIFE INC 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
NFLX.OQ US NETFLIX INC 0.08 cents per share RT 100 30% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
NKE.N US NIKE INC CL B 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
PEP.N US PEPSICO 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
PM.N US PHILIP MORRIS INTL 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
PG.N US PROCTER&GAMB 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
QCOM.OQ US QUALCOMM INC 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
SNDK.OQ US SANDISK CORP 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
SLB.N US SCHLUMBERGER LTD 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
TSLA.OQ US TESLA MOTORS INC 0.08 cents per share RT 100 30% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
VZ.N US VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
VIAb.O US VIACOM CL B 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
WAG.N US WALGREEN CO 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
WMT.N US WAL-MART STORES 0.08 cents per share RT 100 5% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00
WDC.OQ US WESTERN DIGITAL 0.08 cents per share RT 100 10% of current price $1.00 09:30 - 16:00 16:30 - 23:00

Hong Kong Equities

hong kong

To ascertain the commission you are being charged in % terms for Hong Kong equities, simply take the number of shares you are trading, multiply this by the price of the share, multiply by the % (.01) and convert into USD.

For example if you are trading 100 shares of 0005.HK (price 63.44), and the commission is 1% the formula would be: 100 X 63.44 X .01 = 63HKD. Converted from HKD to USD = 63 X .1288 = USD8.11

Symbol Country Instrument Commission in USD Size (1.0 Equals) Margin Required for 1.0 Lot Pip Value in USD EST (New York Time) MT4 Time
0005.HK Hong Kong HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1% RT 100 10% of current price .01 = 1 HKD 21:30  - 00:00 and 01:00 - 04:00 03:30 - 06:00 and 07:00 - 10:00
2318.HK Hong Kong PING AN INSURANCE 1% RT 100 10% of current price .01 = 1 HKD 21:30  - 00:00 and 01:00 - 04:00 03:30 - 06:00 and 07:00 - 10:00
0388.HK Hong Kong HONG KONG EXCHANGES 1% RT 100 10% of current price .01 = 1 HKD 21:30  - 00:00 and 01:00 - 04:00 03:30 - 06:00 and 07:00 - 10:00
0700.HK Hong Kong TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD 1% RT 100 10% of current price .01 = 1 HKD 21:30  - 00:00 and 01:00 - 04:00 03:30 - 06:00 and 07:00 - 10:00
2628.HK Hong Kong CHINA LIFE INSURANCE 1% RT 100 10% of current price .01 = 1 HKD 21:30  - 00:00 and 01:00 - 04:00 03:30 - 06:00 and 07:00 - 10:00

Plenty of Choices of What to Trade. Profit With Us.

Live Spread for All Instruments

 

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Our ECN Premier Spreads are the ultimate for traders of all types. These are our absolute tightest spreads available and rival many institutional level price feeds offered to traders with multi-million dollar accounts. Variable spreads are not constant in value. They expand and contract based on market conditions and changes in liquidity. Usually, as the market becomes more volatile, a variable spread will become wider as liquidity reduces and banks are less willing to grant executions at certain prices. Fixed spreads remain constant in value. A fixed spread maintains the same number of pips between the bids and ask price throughout. This is an ideal spread to choose for the trader who wants to know that the spread he or she enters a trade at will be the same when he or she exits the trade.

We Offer the Tightest ECN Spreads in The Industry and It Is Perfect For Any Type of Trader.

Swap Rates

Swap is the amount of interest that is credited to or debited from an account for maintaining open positions overnight.

The swap rates indicated below are updated once daily. The most up-to-date swap rates are always available within the MT4 platform. To check swap rates open your MT4 platform, right-click within the market watch panel select "Symbols", click the desired currency pair and then click Properties.

Please note that the swap rates shown below are based on 1 full lot size. In order to calculate the swap rate for .01 lot size, simply multiply by .01. For .10 lot size simply multiply by .10 and so on.

swap

 

CurrencyShortLong
EUR/USD -0.4 -1.9
USD/JPY -1.45 0.03
GBP/USD -3.1 0.35
USD/CAD 0.6 -3.7
USD/CHF -0.9 0.1
AUD/USD -9.6 3.5
NZD/USD -13.2 4.2
EUR/JPY -1.2 -0.9
GBP/JPY -3.8 0.4
EUR/GBP 0.6 -3.1
EUR/CHF -0.2 -1.9
AUD/JPY -9.9 3.9
USD/SGD -0.1 -4.2
CHF/JPY -0.4 -0.4
SGDJPY -7 -3
NZD/JPY -13.2 4.8
CAD/JPY -4.7 -1.2
EUR/AUD 6 -14.4
EUR/CAD 1.4 -5.8
EUR/NZD 8 -21
GBP/CHF -4.3 0.8
GBP/AUD 5.7 -14.8
GBP/CAD 0.5 -4.3
GBP/NZD 8.2 -24.1
AUD/NZD 0.4 -6.2
AUD/CAD -6.5 2.1
USD/ZAR 14.4 -47.2
USD/SEK -0.8 -1.2
USD/NOK 0.9 -5.7
EUR/SEK 0 -3.1
AUD/CHF -11.1 3.5
USD/HKD -1.2 -1
USD/CNH 3.2 -23.1
USD/TRY 8.6 -46.1
NZDCAD -10.3 3.3
NZDCHF -13.6 3
NOK/SEK -11.1 -5.5
XAG/USD 0 -5
XAU/USD 0 -3.2
.AUS200 0 -71
.DE30 0 -103
.HK40 0 -29
.JP225 0 -1
.STOXX50 0 -33
.UK100 -104 -100
DJ -0.8 -3.2
ND 0 -163
S&P500 -25 3.6