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The Small Exchange

A New Way to Trade Equities, Commodities & Forex

The Small Exchange is making markets more accessible to more people with products that mix the efficiency of futures with the simplicity of stocks. Built on the pillars small, standard and simple, the Smalls offer easily adoptable solutions to risk management and speculative needs of the modern trader in markets ranging from stocks and bonds to currencies and commodities.

Products on The Small Exchange

Small Stocks 75 (SM75)
Small Precious Metals (SPRE)
Small Dollar (SFX)
Small Global Oil (SMGO)

Coming Soon

Small 10YR Treasury Yield

Coming Soon

Diversification and Trading

Coming Soon

Trading the Smalls

The contracts are Small – By reducing the size of products, traders can manageable capital efficiency.

The contracts are Standard – All the Smalls share the same tick size and expiration date.  No more worrying about tick size, multiplies, or expectations. Learn them once, not by each specific product.

No market data fees – The ability to trade the Small Exchange futures without having to purchase market data. 

 

Universal to all Small Exchange Products

Contract Size: 100x relative index
Tick Size\\ Dollar per Tick $0.01 tick = $1.00 per tick
Trading Hours: All Smalls trade from 7am-4pm CT
Available Contracts: All Smalls are available for current and following month.
Termination: All Smalls expire on the 3rd Friday of the contract month. If the 3rd Friday is a holiday, expiration is on the previous Thursday.

Settlement: Cash-settled

Daily Limits  20%

Intraday Limits  7% 13%

Margin

SM75/Small Stocks 75

Initial: $495 Maintenance: $450

SPRE/Small Precious Metals

Initial:$225  Maintenance: $205

SFX/Small US Dollar

Initial:$159  Maintenance:$145

*Disclaimer: The above information was obtained from a third party source and thought to be reliable. Product size and margin requirements are subject to change daily. No guarantee is made. AGN Futures LLC, accepts no responsibility for any errors or omissions.

CME Group Micro E-mini Futures

An expanded offering, a smaller-sized contract

At 1/10th the size of a classic E-mini contract, Micro E-mini futures give all traders a simple, cost-efficient way to access the liquid equity index futures markets.

At a 10:1 contract ratio, Micro E-mini Equity futures can be converted easily into a classic E-mini futures position, and vice versa. That gives you more flexibility for managing positions as market conditions change, using the contract that best suits your goals, and greater access to liquidity.

There are four index contracts available for individual traders:

Micro E-mini S&P 500
Trade exposure to U.S. large-cap stocks, the leading barometer of U.S. stock market

Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100
Trade exposure to the largest non-financial companies in the Nasdaq stock market

Micro E-mini Russell 2000
Trade exposure to 2,000 U.S. small-cap stocks, the leading small-cap benchmark

Micro E-mini Dow
Trade exposure to 30 U.S. blue-chip companies, a widely followed indicator of U.S. stock market

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AGN Offering T4 Trading Software

T4 software

Trade Futures and Options products on the major Exchanges Worldwide

 

 

EXECUTION

Direct exchange access provides fast, reliable quotes directly from the exchanges you want to participate in. Fast clean market data is a key component for your successful trading. All order routing is direct from our robust data center to the exchanges. Latency is minimized so you have the best chance to execute your trading strategies. An abundance of professional trading tools allows you to build the perfect workspace for how you trade.

ORDER TYPES

CTS T4 offers a wide variety of order types. You can start with the basics like limit, stop, and market orders. Then you can turn to OCO, auto OCO, and also create your own multi-bracket order templates. Icebergs, MOC, GTC and others are also available. All orders are held server-side in our network or immediately sent directly to the exchange. Flatten positions, flatten and cancel, or just cancel working orders with one click.

 

  • Trailing orders
  • Time types include GTC and FAK
  • Price types include limit, market, stops, MIT, hit, and join
  • Activation based on market mode, time, price, and bid/offer price and volume
  • Max show (iceberg) orders
  • OCO, auto OCO, bracket, batch, and MOC orders
  • Queue orders
  • RFQ

T4 Mobile for Android, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

A simple trading interface that utilizes touch screen technology. T4 Mobile offers real-time market access to every exchange CTS offers, real-time order submission, and a back-end that offers extreme reliability. T4 Mobile is available for Android, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, all Android devices, and in web browsers as T4 WebTrader.

Options Trading

All CTS products allow you to view and execute all exchange supported option outrights and spreads. View option chains and strategies in straightforward formats from our desktop application. When you find the right option, just click on it to open a new order ticket, depth of market, chart, and more. Options Pro builds upon the innate functionality listed above to create a comprehensive professional options package. Use different option models to create custom volatility skews, from which we automatically build theoretical pricing and delta sheets. Pick and choose which Greeks you want to monitor, build and value custom spreads in real time, and execute trades confidently. Heat maps provide a quick visual confirmation of advantageous trades, while a portfolio analysis tool ensures you don’t overlook the big picture.

CME Group Leading Products – Most Traded Contracts: Q1 2019

CME Group Leading Products: Q1 2019

A quarterly listing of CME Group’s leading futures and options contracts. Shows the top contracts in terms of average daily volume and open interest for Interest Rates, Equities, Energy, Foreign Exchange (FX), Agricultural Commodities and Metals. This resource also includes information on recent product launches and global partnership data.

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Equities / Energy Video Commentary

May 03 Equities Commentary: Larry Shover
May 03 Energy Commentary: Bob Iaccino
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Metals / Grains Video Commentary

May 2019 Metals Commentary:
Larry Shover
May 2019 Grains Commentary:
Virginia McGathey
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