Financial spread betting on stock index futures allows investors to speculate on the performance of the entire market. The stock index future is a cash settled, futures contract based on the value of a particular stock market index.
Spreads and Trading hours are correct at time of publication. Spreads may vary in irregular market conditions. Other markets are available on request.
Opening hours are 07.00 to 21.15
| FTSE 100 Daily Future (UK) |
| MFG Hours |
07:00 - 21:15 |
| Bet per (See Note 1) |
1 Index Point |
| Spreads |
Near Quarter - 6
2nd Quarter - 6 |
| Notional Trading requirements (See Note 4) |
7.5% of the market price times stake |
| Contract Month |
Quarterly |
| Last Day of Dealing |
3rd Friday or previous business day of contract month until 10:00 hours |
| Basis of Settlement |
Official EDSP from the relevant exchange Euronext.liffe (See note 3) |
| Wall St Future |
| MFG Hours |
07:00 - 21:15 |
| Bet per (See Note 1) |
1 Index Point |
| Spreads |
Near Quarter - 10
2nd Quarter - 10 |
| Notional Trading requirements (See Note 4) |
7.5% of the market price times stake |
| Contract Month |
Quarterly |
| Last Day of Dealing |
Business day preceding 3rd Friday or previous business day of contract month until 21:00 hours |
| Basis of Settlement |
Special opening quotation price from the relevant exchange CBOT (See note 2) |
| S&P 500 |
| MFG Hours |
07:00 - 21:15 |
| Bet per (See Note 1) |
0.1 Index Point |
| Spreads |
Near Quarter - 1.0
2nd Quarter - 1.0 |
| Notional Trading requirements (See Note 4) |
10% of the market price times stake |
| Contract Month |
Quarterly |
| Last Day of Dealing |
Business day preceding 3rd Friday or previous business day of contract month until 21:15 hours |
| Basis of Settlement |
Special opening quotation price from the relevant exchange CBOT (See note 2) |
| NASDAQ 100 Future (US) |
| MFG Hours |
07:00 - 21:15 |
| Bet per (See Note 1) |
0.1 Index Point |
| Spreads |
Near Quarter - 4
2nd Quarter - 4 |
| Notional Trading requirements (See Note 4) |
10% of the market price times stake |
| Contract Month |
Quarterly |
| Last Day of Dealing |
Business day preceding 3rd Friday or previous business day of contract month until 21:15 hours |
| Basis of Settlement |
Special opening quotation price from the relevant exchange CME (See note 2) |
| RUSSELL 2000 Future (US) |
| MFG Hours |
07:00 - 21:15 |
| Bet per (See Note 1) |
0.1 Index Point |
| Spreads |
Near Quarter - 0.5
2nd Quarter - 0.8 |
| Notional Trading requirements (See Note 4) |
10% of the market price times stake |
| Contract Month |
Quarterly |
| Last Day of Dealing |
Business day preceding 3rd Friday or previous business day of contract month until 21:15 hours |
| Basis of Settlement |
Special opening quotation price from the relevant exchange CME (See note 2) |
| DAX 30 Future (Germany) |
| MFG Hours |
07:00 - 21:00 |
| Bet per (See Note 1) |
1 Index Point |
| Spreads |
Near Quarter - 6
2nd Quarter - 6 |
| Notional Trading requirements (See Note 4) |
10% of the market price times stake |
| Contract Month |
Quarterly |
| Last Day of Dealing |
3rd Friday or previous business day of contract month until 12:00 noon |
| Basis of Settlement |
Official Eurex settlement price |
| CAC 40 Future (France) |
| MFG Hours |
07:00 - 19:00 |
| Bet per (See Note 1) |
1 Index Point |
| Spreads |
Near Month - 6
2nd Month - 6 |
| Notional Trading requirements (See Note 4) |
10% of the market price times stake |
| Contract Month |
Monthly |
| Last Day of Dealing |
3rd Friday or previous business day of contract month until 16:00 |
| Basis of Settlement |
Official Eurnext.Paris settlement price |
| IBEX 35 Future (Spain) |
| MFG Hours |
08:00 - 16:35 |
| Bet per (See Note 1) |
1 Index Point |
| Spreads |
Near Month - 10
2nd Month - 14 |
| Notional Trading requirements (See Note 4) |
10% of the market price times stake |
| Contract Month |
Monthly |
| Last Day of Dealing |
3rd Friday or previous business day of contract month until 15:00 |
| Basis of Settlement |
Official MEFF settlement price |
| S+P/MIB Future (Italy) |
| MFG Hours |
08:00 - 16:40 |
| Bet per (See Note 1) |
1 Index Point |
| Spreads |
Near Quarter- 30
2nd Quarter- 50 |
| Notional Trading requirements (See Note 4) |
10% of the market price times stake |
| Contract Month |
Quarterly |
| Last Day of Dealing |
Business day preceding 3rd Friday or previous business day of contract month until 16:40 hours |
| Basis of Settlement |
Official MSE settlement price |
| SMI Future (Swiss) |
| MFG Hours |
07:50 - 16:20 |
| Bet per (See Note 1) |
1 Index Point |
| Spreads |
Near Quarter- 6
2nd Quarter- 8 |
| Notional Trading requirements (See Note 4) |
10% of the market price times stake |
| Contract Month |
Quarterly |
| Last Day of Dealing |
Business day preceding 3rd Friday or previous business day of contract month until 16:20 hours |
| Basis of Settlement |
Official Eurex settlement price |
| Euro Stoxx Future |
| MFG Hours |
08:00 - 19:00 |
| Bet per (See Note 1) |
1 Index Point |
| Spreads |
Near Quarter- 4
2nd Quarter- 6 |
| Notional Trading requirements (See Note 4) |
10% of the market price times stake |
| Contract Month |
Quarterly |
| Last Day of Dealing |
3rd day Friday or previous business day of contract month until 10:30 hours |
| Basis of Settlement |
Official Eurex settlement price |
| NIKKEI 225 Future (Japan) |
| MFG Hours |
08:00 - 21:15 |
| Bet per (See Note 1) |
1 Index Point |
| Spreads |
Near Quarter- 20
2nd Quarter- 40 |
| Notional Trading requirements (See Note 4) |
10% of the market price times stake |
| Contract Month |
Quarterly |
| Last Day of Dealing |
1st Friday or previous business day of contract month official CME settlement price |
| Basis of Settlement |
Official CME settlement price |
NOTES TO DAILY MARKETS:
1) The minimum bet size is 20p per ‘bet per’ for all the above markets.
2) Bets on quarterly wall street, S&P 500, nasdaq 100 and russell 2000 settle against the special opening quotation published by the relevant exchange on the 3rd friday of the contract month. This price may differ considerably from the closing price of the relevant market on the last day of dealing. No trades will be accepted on these markets after the last day of dealing as stated above.
3) The exchange delivery settlement price (edsp) for the FTSE 100 futures contract is calculated by the exchange using the average cash market price (excluding the twelve highest and twelve lowest market prints) between the hours of 10.10 and 10.30 on the day of expiry.
4) Our notional trading requirements (ntr) are subject to change.
5) Spread Betting any of the products listed on this page would not result in ownership of the underlying instrument.
