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Why trade Futures?
A Future is a contractual agreement to buy or sell a particular commodity or financial instrument at a pre-determined price on a specific date in the future. Futures contracts enable investors to either speculate in, or hedge against, price movements of the underlying asset
Futures contracts can derive from a variety of assets, from traditional commodities like corn, wheat, and orange juice to different asset classes, like government bonds, interest rates, energies and stock indices.
Futures contracts detail the quality and the quantity of the underlying asset; they are standardised to facilitate trading on a Futures exchange.
Futures are highly liquid financial instruments, the transaction costs are low, and their pricing is transparent due to the level of specificity found in futures contracts and the regulations imposed by the various exchanges. There is no physical delivery of futures contracts traded through IC Markets.
Futures contracts trade at centralised, government regulated exchanges, this ensures fair practices. Exchanges also clear and guarantee all transactions, so investors and traders can have confidence that their trades will be honoured. Centralised exchanges are liquid markets, which makes it easy to open and close your positions as desired.
Futures contracts allow you to sell the contract without actually owning the product or commodity you're selling, this allows you to exploit a negative movement in price. There are no special up tick or short-sale rules, it's just as easy to go short as it is to go long.
A margin or collateral is required to take out a futures position to cover any losses that may arise. Generally, the futures exchanges set margin requirements anywhere from 3%-10% of the underlying contract value, making futures a highly efficient use of trading capital.
Trading with IC Markets gives you instant access to the world's major futures markets, from Chicago to Sydney, at low commission rates. Traders can access a huge range of products from oil and metals to currencies, bonds, agriculturals and indices - across the global Futures markets, including CME Group, Eurex and Euronext.
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Why trade Futures with IC Markets?
Online Futures trading with IC Markets opens up the world's major markets, from Chicago to Singapore, at low commission rates. Through our leading online platform you can access a huge range of products from oil and metals to currencies, bonds, agriculturals and indices across global Futures markets, including CMEGroup, Eurex and Euronext. Trade over 450 instruments on live market prices from over 15 exchanges around the world
IC Markets prides itself on exceptional customer service and this is what we have built our business on and why our clients recommend us to others. Your calls go straight to the dealing room where traders are trained not only to execute orders but to access your system to check or change orders if you have computer problems or are not able to manage your account.
IC Markets are dedicated to educating you and offers a range of educational guides and seminars on topics such as the art of short selling, electronic trading, and introduction to futures. IC Markets standing in the trading community means we can put you in touch with reputable educators and subscriber services.
IC Markets offers a comprehensive list of informed research and morning reports for clients covering a broad range of the markets. These reports are available each morning and are a valuable tool to help monitor the markets.
Create a varied online investment portfolio on one single account - choose from a broad range of Futures, Forex, CFDs, Stocks and Options and create an ideal investment portfolio.
Use Limits, Stop-Limit, Stops and Trailing Stops, which can be placed through the trade module, order module or account summary modules.
Online futures are traded on volume-based commissions, where the more traded the less cost incurred. For large monthly trading volumes, the price can drop to as little as USD 0.30 per contract.
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