FED30D

The FED30D's underlying instrument is the CME 30 Day Federal Funds Futures. The term federal funds rate refers to the target interest rate set by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). 30-Day Fed Funds Futures are one of the most widely used tools for hedging short-term interest rate risk.

Margin Requirements

Can be viewed in the dealing rates and create order windows on the trading station, or by using the CFD Product Guide 

Trading Hours, Expiration and Reference Month

Please click here for trading hours. Please note, however, that hours are subject to change based on Daylight Savings Time. Any holiday hours will be posted here. FXCM expiration dates and current reference month for FED30D are located in the FRIEDBERG DIRECT CFD Expiration PDF.

If you have an open position, the reference month you are trading will not be changed, although expiration dates may be amended. Upcoming reference months may be changed with no prior notice. Please ensure you are aware of which reference month is currently being priced, prior to opening a trade.

Clients that hold an open position on the ‘FXCM Expiration’ will be closed at our bid/offer at 17:00 New York time for FED30D, which means the client will realise any floating P/L at the time it is closed. When FED30D expires, all pending Entry orders and Stop/Limit orders that are associated with the expiring contract will be cancelled. Clients will need to re-establish another position if desired after the expiration and reinsert Stop and Limit orders to the new open position.

Target Spread

The FED30D has a target spread of 2.0 pips/points.

Max Contract Size

The maximum number of contracts per click (trade) for FED30D is 500.

Minimum Pip Cost (Value)

The FED30D has a minimum value of 0.10 USD per point (Your per point value may be different if your account is denominated in a different currency. Please refer to the Simple Dealing Rates Window in Trading Station for this value).

The pip/point location is shown below. Each 0.01 price movement on the FED30D is 1 pip/point. Friedberg Direct’s pricing displays an additional decimal place - ideal for scalpers in a fast-moving market.

Number of Friedberg Direct Contracts to Equal 1 Future

417 Friedberg Direct FED30D Contracts are currently equivalent to one 30 Day Fed Funds Future

Other Information

The FED30 has no financing cost (Rollover).