Stock market indices

Approximate Value of 1 Lot
(in $)

Tick Value per Lot
(in $)

Trading Hours (EST / New York Time)

Margin (per Lot)
(in $)

S&P 500

5,200

0.10 = 0.50

Sunday 6:00PM - Friday 4:00PM (Closed 5:30PM - 6:00PM each day)

50

Nasdaq 100

7,500

0.10 = 0.50

Sunday 6:00PM - Friday 4:00PM (Closed 5:30PM - 6:00PM each day)

50

Dow Jones Ind.

10,000

1.0 = 1.00

Sunday 6:00PM - Friday 4:00PM (Closed 5:30PM - 6:00PM each day)

50

Russell 2000

7,000

0.10 = 1.00

Sunday 6:00PM - Friday 4:00PM (Closed 5:30PM - 6:00PM each day)

50

QQQQ (Nasdaq 100 Trust)

100 shares

0.01 = 1.00

9:30AM - 4:00PM

50

DAX 30

17,000

0.1 = 0.50

2:00AM - 4:00PM

250

DJ Euro Stoxx 50

5,500

0.1 = 0.20

2:00AM - 4:00PM

50

CAC 40

15,000

0.1 = 0.50

2:00AM - 4:00PM

50

FTSE 100

4,000

1.0 = 1.00

3:00AM - 4:00PM

50

IBEX 35

21,900

1.0 = 1.00

3:00AM - 11:35AM

50

Swiss Market Index (SMI)

5,000

0.1 = 0.10

3:00AM - 11:20AM

50

Nikkei 225

10,000

1.0 = 1.00

6:45PM - 9:15PM & 10:15PM - 1:25AM

50

SPI 200 (S&P ASX 200)

6,000

0.1 = 0.20

1:10AM - 4:00PM & 5:50PM - 12:30AM

50

Bovespa Index

3,570

1.0 = 0.50

7:00AM - 3:00PM

50

MSCI Taiwan

10,000

0.01 = 0.50

7:45PM - 12:45AM

50

Hang Seng (HSI)

10,000

0.1 = 0.10

8:45PM - 11:30PM & 1:30AM - 3:15AM

150

BSE Sensex Index

812.50

1.0 = 0.25

11:25PM - 5:00AM

50

NSE Nifty Index

132.50

1.0 = 0.25

11:25PM - 5:00AM

50

North American Shares

3 M Company

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

160

Adobe Systems

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

65

Advanced Micro Devices

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

15

Aetna Inc

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

100

AIG

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

10

Alcoa Inc

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

70

Altera Corporation

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

35

Altria Group

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

50

Amazon.com Inc

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

145

American Express Co

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

90

Amgen Int'l

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

95

Analog Devices

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

55

Apple Computer Inc

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

400

Applied Materials

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

40

AT&T Corp

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

75

Baidu

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

720

Bank of America

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

85

Boeing Co

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

160

Bristol Myers Squibb

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

45

Broadcom Corp

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

50

Caterpillar

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

140

Cisco Systems

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

50

CIT Group

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

26

Citigroup Inc

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

36

Coca Cola Company

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

120

Comcast Corp

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

35

ConocoPhillips

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

160

Costco Wholesale

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

130

Dell Computer

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

40

Disney

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

70

Dupont Co

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

90

Eastman Kodak

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

40

eBay Inc

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

60

EMC Corp

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

36

ExxonMobil

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

168

Ford Motor Co

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

15

General Electric

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

70

General Motors

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

25

Goldman Sachs

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

260

Google

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

1,000

Halliburton

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

72

Hewlett-Packard

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

90

Home Depot

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

60

Honeywell Int.

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

116

IBM

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

212

Intel Corp

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

40

International Paper Co

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

65

JDS Uniphase

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

25

Johnson & Johnson

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

125

JPMorgan Chase

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

90

Level 3 Communication

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

6

Lockheed Martin

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

200

McDonalds

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

100

Merck & Co

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

105

Merrill Lynch

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

160

MGCI Investment Corp.

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

26

Micron Technology

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

12

Microsoft Corp.

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

60

Morgan Stanley

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

60

Motorola Inc

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

25

National Semiconductor

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

35

Newmont Mining

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

105

Nokia Corp

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

75

Novell Inc

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

12

Nvidia Corp

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

40

Oracle Corp

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

40

Pfizer

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

50

Procter & Gamble

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

124

Qualcomm

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

85

Qwest Communications

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

10

Research in Motion

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

282

Schering Plough

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

40

Sears Holdings Corp

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

200

Sprint Nextel Corp

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

20

Staples

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

48

Starbucks

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

36

Sun Microsystems

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

30

Symantec Corp

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

40

Sysco Corp

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

60

Target Corp

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

105

Texas Instruments

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

60

Time Warner Inc

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

30

United Technologies Corp

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

140

US Steel Corp

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

350

Valero Energy

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

98

Verizon Communications

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

73

Visa Inc

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

164

Wachovia

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

60

Walmart Stores

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

100

Wells Fargo

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

60

Yahoo Inc

100 shares

.01 = 1

9:30AM - 4:00PM

60

European Shares

Alcatel-Lucent

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

20

Allianz AG

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

320

Astrazeneca PLC

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

36

AXA SA

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

36

Barclays

100 shares

.01 = .01

3:00AM - 11:30AM

12

BASF AG

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

90

Bayer AG

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

100

BMW AG

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

90

BP Plc

100 shares

.01 = .01

3:00AM - 11:30AM

10

BT Group Plc

100 shares

.01 = .01

3:00AM - 11:30AM

5

Commerzbank AG

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

68

Continental AG

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

136

Daimler AG

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

80

Deutsche Bank

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

200

Deutsche Boerse

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

190

Deutsche Lufthansa

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

44

Deutsche Post

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

40

Deutsche Telekom

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

32

E.ON AG

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

81

Ericsson

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:20AM

40

France Telecom

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

48

GlaxoSmithKline

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

25

HSBC Holdings

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

18

Infineon Tech AG

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

22

ING Groep

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

45

Invensys Plc

100 shares

.01 = .01

3:00AM - 11:30AM

4

J Sainsbury Plc

100 shares

.01 = .01

3:00AM - 11:30AM

7

Linde AG

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

186

MAN AG

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

176

Marks & Spencer Plc

100 shares

.01 = .01

3:00AM - 11:30AM

8

Metro AG

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

100

Muenchener Rueck AG

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

260

Prudential Plc

100 shares

.01 = .01

3:00AM - 11:30AM

10

Rolls Royce Group Plc

100 shares

.01 = .01

3:00AM - 11:30AM

9

Royal Dutch Shell

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

80

RSA Insurance Group

100 shares

.01 = .01

3:00AM - 11:30AM

3

RWE AG

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

160

SAP AG

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

84

Siemens AG

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

210

Tesco Plc

100 shares

.01 = .01

3:00AM - 11:30AM

7

ThyssenKrupp AG

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

83

Unilever Plc

100 shares

.01 = .01

3:00AM - 11:30AM

10

Vodafone Group

100 shares

.01 = .01

3:00AM - 11:30AM

4

Volkswagen AG

100 shares

.01 = 1

3:00AM - 11:30AM

2000

Asia-Pacific Shares

AMP Limited

100 shares

.01 = 1

6:00PM - 12:00AM

16

ANZ Bank

100 shares

.01 = 1

6:00PM - 12:00AM

40

Brambles Industries Ltd

100 shares

.01 = 1

6:00PM - 12:00AM

15

National Australia Bank Ltd

100 shares

.01 = 1

6:00PM - 12:00AM

60

Origin Energy Ltd

100 shares

.01 = 1

6:00PM - 12:00AM

15

Qantas Airway Limited

100 shares

.01 = 1

6:00PM - 12:00AM

8

QBE Insurance Group Ltd

100 shares

.01 = 1

6:00PM - 12:00AM

30

Telstra Corporation Ltd

100 shares

.01 = 1

6:00PM - 12:00AM

10

Westfield Group

100 shares

.01 = 1

6:00PM - 12:00AM

35

Westpac Banking Corp

100 shares

.01 = 1

6:00PM - 12:00AM

40

Woolworth's Limited

100 shares

.01 = 1

6:00PM - 12:00AM

30

Foreign Exchange

EUR/USD

13

0.0001 = 1

24 hours

50

USD/JPY

10

0.01 = 1

24 hours

50

USD/CHF

11

0.0001 = 1

24 hours

50

GBP/USD

19

0.0001 = 1

24 hours

50

USD/CAD

15

0.0001 = 1

24 hours

50

AUD/USD

10

0.0001 = 1

24 hours

50

EUR/JPY

12

0.01 = 1

24 hours

50

EUR/GBP

7

0.0001 = 1

24 hours

50

EUR/CHF

15

0.0001 = 1

24 hours

50

GBP/CHF

20

0.0001 = 1

24 hours

50

GBP/JPY

20

0.01 = 1

24 hours

50

EUR/CAD

16

0.0001 = 1

24 hours

50

NZD/USD

10

0.0001 = 1

24 hours

50

USD/SEK

10

0.0001 = 0.13

24 hours

50

EUR/SEK

10

0.0001 = 0.13

24 hours

50

USD/NOK

10

0.0001 = 0.15

24 hours

50

EUR/NOK

10

0.0001 = 0.15

24 hours

50

USD/ZAR

10

0.001 = 1.20

24 hours

50

USD/MXN

10

0.0001 = 0.10

24 hours

50

CHF/JPY

only in MetaTrader

n.a.

24 hours

n.a.

NZD/JPY

only in MetaTrader

n.a.

24 hours

n.a.

AUD/JPY

only in MetaTrader

n.a.

24 hours

n.a.

CAD/JPY

only in MetaTrader

n.a.

24 hours

n.a.

EUR/AUD

only in MetaTrader

n.a.

24 hours

n.a.

AUD/NZD

only in MetaTrader

n.a.

24 hours

n.a.

AUD/CAD

only in MetaTrader

n.a.

24 hours

n.a.

GBP/CAD

only in MetaTrader

n.a.

24 hours

n.a.

GBP/NZD

only in MetaTrader

n.a.

24 hours

n.a.

GBP/AUD

only in MetaTrader

n.a.

24 hours

n.a.

AUD/CHF

only in MetaTrader

n.a.

24 hours

n.a.

CAD/CHF

only in MetaTrader

n.a.

24 hours

n.a.

NZD/CHF

only in MetaTrader

n.a.

24 hours

n.a.

USD/INR

only in MetaTrader

n.a.

24 hours

n.a.

USD/RMB

only in MetaTrader

n.a.

24 hours

n.a.

USD/TRY

only in MetaTrader

n.a.

24 hours

n.a.

EUR/TRY

only in MetaTrader

n.a.

24 hours

n.a.

GBP/TRY

only in MetaTrader

n.a.

24 hours

n.a.

Forex Futures

EUR

10,000

$0.0001 = $1.00

Sunday 5:00PM - Friday 4:00PM (Closed 5:00PM - 6:00PM each working day)

$50

JPY

10,000

$0.0001 = $1.00

Sunday 5:00PM - Friday 4:00PM (Closed 5:00PM - 6:00PM each working day)

$50

CHF

10,000

$0.0001 = $1.00

Sunday 5:00PM - Friday 4:00PM (Closed 5:00PM - 6:00PM each working day)

$50

GBP

10,000

$0.0001 = $10.00

Sunday 5:00PM - Friday 4:00PM (Closed 5:00PM - 6:00PM each working day)

$50

AUD

10,000

$0.0001 = $1.00

Sunday 5:00PM - Friday 4:00PM (Closed 5:00PM - 6:00PM each working day)

$50

CAD

10,000

$0.0001 = $1.00

Sunday 5:00PM - Friday 4:00PM (Closed 5:00PM - 6:00PM each working day)

$50

NZD

10,000

$0.0001 = $1.00

Sunday 5:00PM - Friday 4:00PM (Closed 5:00PM - 6:00PM each working day)

$50

EUR/JPY

10,000

$0.01 = $1.00

Sunday 5:00PM - Friday 4:00PM (Closed 5:00PM - 6:00PM each working day)

$50

Commodities

U.S. 30 Year T-Bond (Futures)

50,000

0.01 = $0.50

Sunday 6:30PM - Friday 4:00PM (Closed 5:00PM - 6:30PM each day)

50

U.S. 10 Year T-Note (Futures)

50,000

0.01 = 0.50

Sunday 6:30PM - Friday 4:00PM (Closed 5:00PM - 6:30PM each day)

50

German Bund

11,500

0.01 = 1

2:00AM - 4:00PM

50

Crude Oil (Light Sweet)

3,000

0.01 = 1

Sunday 6:00PM - Friday 4:00PM (Closed 5:15PM - 6:00PM each day)

50

Natural Gas

3,000

0.001 = 0.50

Sunday 6:00PM - Friday 4:00PM (Closed 5:15PM - 6:00PM each day)

50

Coffee

5,000

0.01 = 1.00

2:30AM - 3:15PM

50

Soybeans

3,000

1.0 = 5.00

10:30AM - 2:15PM

50

Lumber

4,000

0.1 = 0.11

10:00AM - 2:05PM

50

Gold (Spot)

4,000

0.10 = 1.00

24 hours

50

Silver (Spot)

6,000

0.01 = 10

24 hours

50

Platinum (Spot)

4,000

0.01 = 0.05

24 hours

50

Palladium (Spot)

2,000

0.01 = 0.10

24 hours

50

Copper (nearby future)

$7,500

0.01 = $1.00

Sunday 6:00PM - Friday 4:00PM
(Closed 5:15PM - 6:00PM each day)

50