Futures Trading with BBY eBridge Trader

BBY eBridge Trader offers futures contracts, traded online through BBY eBridge Trader on streaming prices. BBY eBridge Trader currently offer over 200 futures contracts and are working to continually expand this range.

Futures contracts are traded through many of the world’s major futures exchanges including ECBOT (Electronic CBOT), CME, LIFFE, EUREX and more.

All products traded on BBY eBridge Trader (including Equities and Futures) are Over The Counter (OTC) Derivative Products and are not exchange Traded Products.

More on Futures trading

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 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, meaning individuals can trade on tight spreads. The transaction costs for them 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 with BBY eBridge.

About Futures & Metals

In addition to improving overall portfolio returns, futures have the ability to perform well in a variety of economic climates, including inflation and periods of down stock markets.

One reason for this is that futures investing and trading has the ability to take advantage of price trends in either direction. For example, during periods of inflation, commodities such as gold, silver, oil, and grains tend to do well.

Differences between Futures and Stocks

A major difference between futures and stocks is that stocks represent ownership in a corporation whereas futures contracts represent a future obligation to receive or deliver a commodity at a future date. Therefore, futures investors can sell short just as easily as they can buy long.

Another major difference is the length of time you typically hold a futures contract or stock shares. While stock investment generally suggests a long-term time frame, futures investors (speculators) may commit their funds for only a few minutes, hours, days or possibly months.

Our free Trading Platform, a good place to start

A good place to start is by registering and downloading a BBY eBridge Trader practice account. This practice account allows you to trade Futures on a fully-functional trading platform, on live Futures prices and from a risk-free simulated account that can even be reset if you want to start again from scratch.

Commodity CFDs Trading with BBY eBridge Trader

Benefits of trading Commodity CFDs with BBY eBridge Trader

• Trade agricultural products, oil and energies, base metals, precious metals, softs and stock indices
• Smaller lot sizes compared to futures for increased flexibility
• Easy-to-understand single-unit pricing
• One-click trading of oil, gold, grain and other major commodities
• Simple cash settlement in line with the underlying Future
• Easy portfolio diversification and new hedging opportunities
• No commissions on Commodity CFDs aside from Bid/Ask spreads
• Short selling is fully supported.

Our free Trading Platform, a good place to start

A good place to start is by registering and downloading a BBY eBridge Trader practice account. This practice account allows you to trade Commodity CFDson a fully-functional trading platform, on live prices and from a risk-free simulated account that can even be reset if you want to start again from scratch.