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Market name [12][13]	Bet size equivalent to one contract	Minimum bet	IG spread [9][11][14]		Controlled Risk premium [10]	Deposit Factor [8]
			Time period	Spread
FTSE® 100 Futures 24 hours	£10	£2	01.00-07.50 08.00-21.00 21.00-01.00	6 [9a] 6 10	3	25
Wall Street Futures 24 hours	$10	£1	08.00-21.00 21.00-08.00	8 10	4	50
US SPX 500 Futures 24 hours	$250	£10	24 hours	1, 1.4	0.5	6
US Tech 100 Futures 24 hours	$100	£4	24 hours	4, 5	2	12
US Russ 2000 Futures	$500	£10	01.00-23.00	1	0.5	17
Canada 60 Futures	CAD200	£2	11.00-21.15	1	1.0	17
Mexico 35 Futures	MXN50	£0.10	14.00-21.00	50	50	1050
VIX (Volatility)	$1000	£50	13.00-21.15	0.1	0.2	4
US Dollar Basket	$10	£2	01:00-22:00	8	10	30
FTSE®/Wall Street Differential 24 hours	n/a	£2	08.00-21.00 21.00-08.00	8 16	4	200
FTSE®/Germany Differential 24 hours	n/a	£2	08.00-21.00 21.00-08.00	6 12	4	200

Market name [12][13]	Bet size equivalent to one contract	Minimum bet	IG spread [9][11][14]		Controlled Risk premium [10]	Deposit Factor [8]
			Time period	Spread
Germany 30 Futures 24 hours	E25	£2	07.00-21.00 21.00-07.00	6 12	3	30
France 40 Futures 24 hours	E10	£2	07.00-21.00 21.00-07.00	6 10	3	15
Italy 40 Futures 24 hours	E5	£0.20	08.00-16.40 16.40-08.00	10 40	10	65
Spain 35 Futures 24 hours	E10	£1	08:00-19:00 19:00-08:00	8 18	4	30
EU Stocks 50 Futures 24 hours	E10	£2	07:00-21:00 21:00-07:00	2 4	2	15
Germany Tech 30 Futures	E10	£2	07.00-21.00	2	1	35
Germany Mid-Cap 50 Futures 24 hours	E5	£1	07:00-21:00	10	5	250
Austria 20 Futures	E10	£5	08.05-16.30	10	5	180
Belgium 20 Futures	E10	£2	08.00-16.30	5	5	70
Hungary 12 Futures	HUF50	£0.10	08.05-16.00	200	200	870
Netherlands 25 Futures 24 hours	E200	£5	08.00-16.30 16.30-20.00 07.00-08.00	0.2 0.3 0.3 0.6	0.5	4
Norway 25 Futures	NOK100	£10	08.00-15.20	0.7	0.5	15
Poland 20 Futures	PLN50	£2	07.30-16.30	10	10	75
Switzerland Blue-Chip Futures	CHF10	£2	07.00-21.00	6	4	110
Sweden 30 Futures 24 hours	SEK100	£5	08.00-16.25 16.25-08.00	0.7 1.5	1	6

Market name [12][13]	Bet size equivalent to one contract	Minimum bet	IG spread [9][11][14]		Controlled Risk premium [10]	Deposit Factor [8]
			Time period	Spread
Australia 200 Futures 24 hours	AUD25	£2	22.00-00.50 00.50-07.30 07.30-08.10 08.10-22.00	7 4 7 4	3	20
Hong Kong HS42 Futures 24 hours	HKD50	£0.50	02.14-05.00 05.00-06.30 06.30-09.15 09.15-02.14	30 50 30 50	20	90
Japan 225 Futures 24 hours	$5	£0.50	00.45-21.15 21.15-00.45	20 30	20	60
China H-Shares Futures	HKD50	£1	01.15-04.00 05.00-08.15	12 12	20	170
China A50 Futures	US$1	£0.20	02.00-08.25	40	30	250
India 50 Futures	$10	£2	04.45-11.10	6	6	60
Singapore Blue-chip Futures 24 hours	SGD200	£2	01.30-10.10 10.10-11.15 11.15-18.54 18.54-01.30	0.2 1 0.2 1	0.2	2
South Africa 40 Futures 24 hours	ZAR50	£1	07.30-16.30 16.30-07.30	20 40	10	140
Taiwan Index Futures	$100	$2	01.45-06.50 07.45-15.55	0.4 0.4	0.2	7

1) Spreads are subject to variation, especially in volatile market conditions. The IG spread depends on whether the market in question is 'in hours' or 'out of hours'. 'In hours' usually corresponds to the period in which the underlying market is open for trading. On some markets we also offer 'extended-hours' spreads outside of the usual 'in-hours' period; these are tighter than the corresponding 'out-of-hours' spreads.

a) FTSE^® 100 DFB/Daily FTSE^® 100 Futures: between 01.00 and 07.00 we may, during periods of extreme illiquidity in the underlying markets, offer 'out-of-hours' spreads instead.

2) For controlled-risk bets the controlled-risk premium is charged on the opening price. It is either added to the offer price or subtracted from the bid price on opening. Controlled-risk bets close at the normal IG closing price.

3) Any market spread may be added to the spread shown in the Information Tables, except for bets on FTSE^® 100, Wall Street, US SPX 500, US Tech 100, Germany 30, France 40, Italy 40, Sweden 30, Hong Kong HS42, Japan 225, EU Stocks 50, US Russ 2000 and China H-Shares.

Please note that Japan 225 is priced as a USD denominated contract. Clients can have their bets denominated in $, £, A$, Y and €.

4) Bets on stock indices not already closed by the client are closed on or after the last dealing day as follows:

All DFB and futures bets expire on the basis set out below and/or in the Information Table, without IG spread.

(i) Stock index DFBs not closed or rolled expire at the closing level of the underlying index on the last dealing day.
Bets on Daily FTSE^® 100 Futures expire at the official 16.30 settlement price of the relevant FTSE 100 futures contract on LIFFE.
Bets on Daily Wall Street Futures, Daily US SPX 500 Futures and Daily US Tech 100 Futures expire at the official 21.15 settlement price of the relevant DJIA, S&P 500 or NASDAQ 100 futures contract.
Bets on Daily Germany 30 Futures expire at the official 21.00 settlement of the relevant DAX 30 futures contract on Eurex.
Bets on Daily France 40 Futures expire at the official 16.30 settlement of the relevant CAC 40 futures contract on Euronext Paris.

Please note that Daily Wall Street Futures, Daily US SPX 500 Futures and Daily US Tech 100 Futures expire at 21.00 instead of 21.15 on the last dealing day of the month.

5) 24-hour dealing starts at 23.00 (London time) on Sunday and finishes at 21.15 (London time) on the following Friday.

Please note that on Australia 200, 24-hour dealing starts at 23.00 (London time) on Sunday and finishes at 22.00 (London time) on the following Friday.

Ask dealers for information about public holidays.

6) Market trading times are given in London time, unless otherwise indicated. Please note that actual trading times are governed by local time in the country of the index's origin. Consequently, seasonal adjustments (such as daylight saving) in either the UK or the country of origin may cause times shown to be imprecise.

7) Bets on daily stock index futures can be rolled over provided we receive a rollover instruction from the client at least 15 minutes before the close of the underlying cash index.

When a bet on a daily index future is rolled over, the open bet is closed at the middle of the IG price, and a new bet is reopened at the same level plus or minus the IG rollover spread. If you have instructed a roll on a controlled-risk bet on a daily index future, the bet is closed at the middle of the IG price, and a new bet is reopened at the same level plus or minus the IG controlled-risk rollover spread. Rollover spreads on daily index futures are shown in the daily index futures information table (please note that these should be used as a guide only, as they are subject to change):

For each day that a stock index DFB position is held adjustments are calculated to reflect the effect of interest and dividends. A daily interest adjustment is calculated for any position that is opened before 22.00 (London time) and that is still open after 22.00 (London time). These adjustments are posted daily to the client's account.

Interest adjustments are calculated as follows:

D = n x C x i / 365

Where:

D = daily interest adjustment
n = bet size
C = underlying index price at 10pm (London time)
i = applicable annual interest rate

Note: The formula uses a 365-day divisor for the FTSE^® 100 and a 360-day divisor for non-UK markets.

Interest in respect of long positions is debited from a client's account and interest in respect of short positions is either credited to or debited from a client's account.

A dividend adjustment is applied to take account of the ex-dividend adjustment to the index. This is the number of points by which the index must be adjusted downwards to take account of those shares in the index which go ex-dividend at the close of the cash market. We will use the ex-dividend figure estimated by Bloomberg (E&OE), rounded to the tick size we use for that index, to determine what adjustment to apply. In the case of long positions, the dividend adjustment is credited to the client's account. In the case of short positions, the dividend adjustment is debited from the client's account.

8) On certain markets, different deposit rates apply depending on the type of account you hold. Where there are two deposit factors listed, the lower figure applies to the Plus Account and the higher figure to the Select Account.

9) Spreads are subject to variation, especially in volatile market conditions. The IG spread depends on whether the market in question is 'in hours' or 'out of hours'. 'In hours' usually corresponds to the period in which the underlying market is open for trading. On some markets we also offer 'extended-hours' spreads outside of the usual 'in-hours' period; these are tighter than the corresponding 'out-of-hours' spreads.

a) FTSE^® 100 Futures: between 01.00 and 07.00 we may, during periods of extreme illiquidity in the underlying markets, offer 'out-of-hours' spreads instead.

10) For controlled-risk bets the controlled-risk premium is charged on the opening price. It is either added to the offer price or subtracted from the bid price on opening. Controlled-risk bets close at the normal IG closing price.

11) Any market spread may be added to the spread shown in the information tables, except for bets on FTSE^® 100, Wall Street, FTSE^®/Wall Street Differential, FTSE^®/Germany differential, Germany 30, France 40, Sweden 30, Netherlands 25, US SPX 500, US Tech 100, US Russ 2000, Hong Kong HS42, Japan 225 and China H-Shares.

Please note that Japan 225 is priced as a USD denominated contract. Clients can have their bets denominated in $, £, A$, Y and €.

12) Bets on stock indices not already closed by the client are closed on or after the last dealing day as follows:

All bets on the FTSE^® 100, Wall Street, FTSE^®/Wall Street Differential and FTSE^®/Germany Differential expire on the basis set out below and/or in the Information Table without IG spread. All other bets expire on the basis set out below, plus or minus half the IG spread.

(ii) FTSE^®/Wall Street Differential expire at the Special Opening Quotation of the DJIA on the 3rd Friday of the contract month minus the EDSP of the FTSE 100 on the 3rd Friday. Bets on the FTSE^®/Germany Differential expire at the special calculation of the DAX 30 minus the EDSP of the FTSE 100 on the 3rd Friday of the contract month.

(iii) Bets on other stock indices expire on the following basis:

UK & US futures

FTSE^® 100 Futures at the Exchange Delivery Settlement Price (EDSP) of the FTSE 100 as reported by LIFFE on the last dealing day. The EDSP is based on an intraday cash market auction of the FTSE 100 which commences at 10.10 on the last trading day. Uncrossing of the component stocks should be finished by 10.15.

Wall Street Futures at the Special Opening Quotation (SOQ) of the DJIA (calculated to two decimal places) on the 3rd Friday of the contract month, as reported by the CBOE. Note that this is the day after the last IG dealing day. The SOQ is calculated from the sequence of opening prices of the 30 DJIA stocks on the NYSE.

US SPX 500 Futures at the Special Opening Quotation of the S&P 500 on the 3rd Friday of the contract month, as reported by the CME. Note that this is the day after the last IG dealing day. This contract can be dealt in until 21.15 London time on the last dealing day.

US Tech 100 Futures based on the settlement value of the NASDAQ-100 as reported by CME. The settlement value is calculated basis the NASDAQ Official Opening Price (NOOP) of the constituent stocks of the index on the third Friday of the contract month (this is the day after the last dealing day).

US Russ 2000 Futures based on the Final Settlement Price of the Russell 2000 futures as reported by CME on the third Friday of the contract month.

Wall Street, US SPX 500, US Tech 100 and US Russ 2000 futures can be dealt until 14.30 on the Friday of expiry (to close positions only from 21.15 the day before expiry until 14.30 on the day of expiry). This means Stop or Limit Orders can be filled until this time.

Canada 60 Futures based on the Official Opening Level of the S&P/TSX 60 as reported by Bourse de Montreal on the third Friday (this is the day after the last trading day).

Mexico 35 Futures based on the Final Settlement Price of the MEX BOLSA index future on the Mexican Derivatives Market on the third Friday of the contract month.

VIX (Volatility) based on the final settlement value of the Volatility index futures as reported by CBOE on the day following the last trading day. The final settlement value is determined from a SOQ of the index, which is calculated from the sequence of opening prices of the constituent SPX options.

US Dollar Basket based on the closing price of the US Dollar Index futures contract on NYBOT on the Friday prior to the third Wednesday of the contract month.

European futures

Germany 30, Germany Tech 30 and Germany Mid-Cap 50 Futures based on the final settlement value of the DAX 30, TecDAX and MDAX respectively as reported by Eurex on the last trading day. The settlement value is based on prices of the component shares of the respective index as determined in an intraday auction starting at 13.00 CET in the electronic trading system Xetra.

France 40 Futures can be traded until 16.00 (Paris time) on the last trading day and settle basis the EDSP of the CAC 40 as reported by Euronext on the last trading day. The EDSP is calculated as the arithmetic mean (rounded to one decimal place) of the index values between 15.40 and 16.00 (Paris time and including the last value disseminated after 16.00) on the last trading day.

Italy 40 Futures based on the settlement price of the S&P/MIB index future as reported by Borsa Italiana. The settlement price is a value of the S&P/MIB index calculated on the basis of prices of shares in the index on the last trading day.

Spain 35 Futures based on the average value of the IBEX 35 between 16.15 and 16.44 (Madrid time) on the day of expiry as reported by MEFF. The settlement price is a value of the IBEX35 index calculated on the basis of prices of shares in the index on the last trading day.

Austria 20 Futures based on the settlement price of the Austrian Traded index reported by the Wiener Borse on the first banking day following the IG last trading day. This settlement price is calculated basis an intraday auction of the component stocks of the index.

EU Stocks 50 Futures based on the average price of the Dow Jones Euro STOXX 50 values calculated between 11.50 and 12.00 CET on the last trading day, and as reported by Eurex.

Belgium 20 Futures based on the Final Settlement price of the BEL20 index future as reported by Euronext Brussels on the third Friday of the contract month or the previous business day.

Hungary 12 Futures based on the Final Settlement Price of the BUX Exchange Future on the Budapest Stock Exchange on the third Friday of the contract month.

Netherlands 25 Futures based on the average of values of the AEX index calculated at one-minute intervals between 14.30 and 15.00 on the last trading day.

Norway 25 Futures based on the Final Settlement price of the OBX index future on the Oslo Stock Exchange on the third Thursday of the contract month or the previous business day.

Poland 20 Futures based on the Final Settlement Price of the WIG 20 index future on the Warsaw Stock Exchange on the third Friday of the contract month.

Switzerland Blue-Chip Futures based on the settlement value of the SMI as reported by Eurex on the third Friday of the contract month (this is the day following the last trading day). The settlement value is calculated on the basis of the virt-x opening prices of the SMI component shares on the third Friday.

Sweden 30 Futures based on the final settlement price of the OMXS30 as reported by EDX London on the last trading day. This price is calculated using the previous day’s closing price of the OMXS30 futures and a volume weighted average price of the OMXS30 on the expiration day.

Australian & Asian futures

Australia 200 Futures at the Special Opening Quotation (SOQ) of the S&P/ASX 200 on the last trading day calculated to one decimal place. The SOQ is calculated using the first traded price of each component stock in the S&P/ASX 200 on the last trading day, irrespective of when those stocks first trade in the ASX trading day. This means that the first traded price of each component stock may occur at any time time between ASX market open and ASX market close (including the Closing Single Price Auction) on the last trading day. Should any component stock not have traded by ASX market close on the last dealing day, the last traded price of that stock will be used to calculate the SOQ.

Hong Kong HS42 Futures at the settlement price of the Hang Seng on the last dealing day on the Hong Kong Futures Exchange. The settlement price is the average of the Hang Seng at five-minute intervals, rounded down to the nearest whole number, on the last trading day. Please note that this contract can only be dealt in until 16.00 Hong Kong time on the last dealing day.

Japan 225 futures at the special opening quotation of the Nikkei 225 Stock Average on the day following the last dealing day, which is used to settle the Nikkei 225 futures rounded to the nearest 1/10th of an index point. This contract can be dealt in until 21.15 London time on the last dealing day.

China H-Shares Futures based on the final settlement price of the Hang Seng China Enterprises index calculated on the trading day prior to the last business day of the contract month.

China A50 Futures are based on the official settlement price of the SGX FTSE^®/Xinhua China A50 Futures contract as published by the Singapore Futures Exchange. The last dealing day is the penultimate business day of the contract month.

India 50 Futures based on the official closing price of the CNX Nifty Fifty on SGX, on the last Thursday of the contract month. Daily India 50 futures based on the official closing price of CNX Nifty Fifty futures on SGX.

Singapore Blue-Chip Futures based on the Special Opening Quotation of the MSCI Singapore Free index on the day following the last trading day, as reported by SGX.

South Africa 40 Futures based on the official settlement price of the FTSE^®/JSE Top 40 futures as reported by the JSE Securities Exchange on the third Thursday of the contract month.

Taiwan index futures at the Final Settlement Price of the MSCI Taiwan index as reported by SGX on the business day following the last trading day.

13) 24 hours dealing starts at 23.00 London time on Sunday and finishes at 21.15 London time on the following Friday. Ask dealers for information about public holidays.

14) Market trading times are given in London time, unless otherwise indicated. Please note that actual trading times are governed by local time in the country of the index's origin. Consequently, seasonal adjustments (such as daylight saving) in either the UK or the country of origin may cause times shown to be imprecise.

15) On all futures bets, 1 point means 1 index point.

16) Bets on index futures are rolled over provided we receive your rollover instruction at least 15 minutes before our last dealing time.

When a bet on an index future is rolled over, the bet is usually closed at the settlement price on the day before the last dealing day, plus or minus half the IG spread, and automatically reopened at the settlement price for the succeeding contract, plus or minus half the IG spread with a 40% concession applied. This applies to bets on all index futures, except FTSE^® 100, Wall Street, and FTSE^®/Wall Street differentials, which are closed at the settlement price for the expiring contract the day before the last dealing day and automatically reopened at the settlement price for the succeeding contract, plus or minus half the normal IG spread.

If you have placed a controlled-risk bet on an index future, the bet is closed at the settlement of our price plus or minus half the normal IG spread, and automatically reopened at the middle of our new opening price plus or minus half IG spread with a 40% concession applied, and plus or minus the controlled-risk premium. This applies to controlled-risk bets on all index futures, except FTSE^®, Wall Street, and FTSE^®/Wall Street differentials, which are closed with no IG spread and automatically reopened at the middle of our new opening price, plus or minus half the normal IG spread, and plus or minus the controlled-risk premium.

If you have stops or limits on your index future bet when it is rolled over, we will, unless otherwise instructed, place the stop or limit on the new bet at the same level, but adjusted for fair value. For example, if the price of the new contract is 20 points higher than the expiring contract, your stop or limit would be rolled forward at your existing level plus 20 points. This applies to both guaranteed and non-guaranteed stops and limits.