G. H. Financials (GHF) is a top-tier clearer known for its extensive experience, client-centric approach, advanced technology, and strong compliance. With expertise in navigating complex markets and regulatory landscapes, GHF offers efficient clearing services across asset classes. Our commitment to excellence and industry-leading practices make us a trusted player in the global financial markets
60606
We can sum it up in two words: Less worry. Serving farmers, ranchers and commercial agribusinesses in North America, CHS Hedging strives to provide a sense of control to individuals and businesses that want to confidently and responsibly manage risk in a fluctuating marketplace. Our clients sleep better at night, knowing we are committed to helping them succeed and keeping them fully informed about how market activity is affecting their operations.
CHS Hedging is a Futures Commission Merchant registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the National Futures Association and a clearing member of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade and the CME. We have provided risk management services and education for more than 30 years.
Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077
55077
Plus500 Financial Services (formerly Cunningham Commodities) is a registered FCM that caters to IBs, institutional and commercial clients. We pride ourselves on high touch customer service and providing the latest in technology to our brokers. Our teams are available around the clock to answer questions and process requests on behalf of our brokers and their clients.
Plus500 Financial services also provides access to the Cunningham Trading System (CTS), a premier, state-of-the-art electronic platform for futures and options trading. CTS is capable of providing instantaneous, reliable, worldwide access to and execution on all major futures exchanges, including CME Group Exchanges, ICE, MGEX, and EUREX.
Itasca, IL 60143
60143
Phillip Capital Inc. (“PhillipCapital”) is a Futures Commission Merchant and Broker Dealer that is part of the PhillipCapital Group, based in Singapore since 1975. Formed in 2010 as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM), we have exchange memberships on the CME, CBOT, COMEX, NYMEX, ICE Futures US, CFE, ICE Futures EU and DME. In addition, we provide access to all the major Asian exchanges and global exchanges through the PhillipCapital network of companies. We are based in Chicago, IL and located at the historic Chicago Board of Trade building.
The PhillipCapital Group of companies spans 16 countries and offers a comprehensive suite of financial services including futures, foreign exchange, equities, fixed income, bonds, unit trusts, real estate, and insurance. With shareholder's equity greater than $1 billion and global assets under custody/management greater than $30 Billion, the group has been profitable each year since its founding. The group is also privately held with no long-term debt.
141 West Jackson Blvd., Suite 1531A
Chicago, IL 60604
60604
We believe connecting research and education to business development is the key to the growth of the industry. In recent years, the demand for understanding managed futures has grown to an unprecedented level. In 2011, Mark Shore, founder of Shore Capital Management developed the first university graduate level course on managed futures.
Three key areas of business:
1) Providing Research on managed futures and asset allocation such as the popular Skewing Your Diversification and Decoding the Myths of Managed Futures.
2) Consulting to alternative investment firms around the globe, such as CTAs, IBs, FCMs, Fund of Funds, Exchanges and Institutional Investors, including manager due diligence, business development and educational workshops on managed futures.
3) Publishing Articles on Economics, Futures, Commodities, Behavioral Finance, Managed Futures, and Market Commentary.
The Ruddy Law Office, PLLC ("Ruddy Law") is a Washington, DC based boutique law firm that provides legal advice to registered investment advisers, commodity futures registrants (IBs, FCMs, CPOs, and CTAs), hedge funds and other members of the alternative investment community. Ruddy Law assists clients with initial and ongoing regulatory needs association with the National Futures Association ("NFA"), Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC"), Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC"), as well as other federal and state regulatory agencies. We have proudly offered these services since our inception in 2001.
OptionWorks® Research offers unique insight into futures options available nowhere else. Subscribers enjoy access to a database of option information and daily trading strategies.
A subscription to OptionWorks® Research includes access to :
Daily Strategy Report
The OptionWorks® Daily Strategy Report delivers detailed trading ideas for ten major US futures markets. Indicators for trend, volatility and skew are calculated from the OptionWorks Volatility Database and are used to develop strategies that best take advantage of current market conditions. Risk and Target levels for each strategy are also included to assist in trade management.
Option Calculator
The OptionWorks® Volatility Dashboard provides a online window into the OptionWorks® Volatility Database. Current implied volatility levels, risk-reversals, and butterflies are available for 40+ markets worldwide for all expirations and selected OTC tenors. Available charts include underlying price, historical and implied volatility, skew, percentiles, and term structure.
Volatility Dashboard
The OptionWorks® Option Calculator prices index, equity, foreign exchange, and futures options under almost any market condition imaginable. Results for long or short option premium, profit & loss, and all sensitivities (“Greeks”) can be displayed in either graphical or tabular form. An intuitive interface allows for pricing scenarios to be customized, printed and saved locally.
Subscriptions and publications are also available as white-label products.
Separate volatility database subscriptions are also available through Quandl at www.quandl.com/owf.
Dorman Trading is dedicated to providing our Introducing Brokers with the same personal attention and service that we offer to our professional floor traders. We believe that the relationship between the FCM and the IB is a partnership, not a competition. We look forward to building a partnership with you.
Suite 1900
Chicago, IL 60604
CQG provides high-performance trade routing, global market data, and advanced technical analysis. CQG partners with more than one hundred FCM environments and provides Direct Market Access to more than forty exchanges through its global network of co-located Hosted Exchange Gateways. CQG’s server-side order management tools for spreading, market aggregation, and smart orders are unsurpassed for speed and ease-of-use. CQG's market data feed consolidates more than seventy-five sources, including exchanges worldwide for futures, options, fixed income, foreign exchange, and equities as well as data on debt securities, industry reports, and financial indices.
As part of our partnership with NIBA, Barchart.com, Inc. is happy to extend discounts of 20% to NIBA members on various Barchart and Commodity Research Bureau (CRB) products and services. Barchart and CRB also offer affiliate programs where you can directly offer our services to your clients and prospects for lead generation as well as revenue sharing.
Barchart's services include integrated website content like futures quotes, charts and news, website hosting and management, real-time front-end applications like Barchart WebStation for quotes, charts, analysis and trading, as well as data feeds and historical data.
CRB's products include a variety of publications, research and data services like Trends in Futures, CRB TrendTrader, CRB DataCenter, Futures Market Service and CRB Commodity Yearbook.
AgriCharts, a division of Barchart.com, provides website hosting including market data, charts, news, and weather. As a NIBA member you will receive 20% off your website hosting service with AgriCharts.
R.J. O’Brien supports Introducing Brokers with superior technology, intelligent market research, transparent middle-office tools and personal service. The IB business is the heart of our brokerage operation, and our industry reputation for servicing these clients is stellar. We understand what IBs need to support business success, no matter if your clients are speculators or hedgers. Both you and your clients will appreciate the comprehensive set of tools built specifically for futures traders.
Suite 1200
Chicago, IL 60606
Straits Financial LLC self-clears the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade, Comex, Nymex, Clearport, Dubai Mercantile Exchange, New Zealand Exchange, CBOE Futures Exchange, Nasdaq Futures Exchange, and the Options Clearing Corporation. Along with our sister companies and our global partners, Straits can facilitate your trade execution and clearing of exchange-listed futures contracts. Our parent company is the publically listed, CWT Limited.
We offer superior customer service, multiple front-end electronic trading platforms, real-time risk management and fast account approvals. Introducing Brokers are welcome at Straits. We also offer our brokers and customers additional support with physical product financing through Straits Trade Solutions (STS) and for managed futures, a professionally managed commodity pool offered in two feeder fund structures traded through Straits Financial Premier Fund I, Ltd., and three new Commodity Trading Advisor Programs from Straits Financial Managed Futures LLC.
Take a look at www.straitsfinancial.com and at www.straitsffm.com
You can also reach us at 312-462-4499 or [email protected]
We look forward to growing with you.
Suite 3990
Chicago, Illinois 60605
Wedbush Futures focuses on building services and support to help our IB network participants grow their business. With access to the major global futures exchanges through a variety of front-end systems Wedbush provides IB ‘s with self-directed trading solutions and robust risk management tools.
Suite 1710-A
Chicago, IL 60604
As the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group is where the world comes to manage risk. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather and real estate. CME Group brings buyers and sellers together through its CME Globex® electronic trading platform and its trading facilities in New York and Chicago. CME Clearing, an industry-leading central counterparty clearing provider, offers clearing and settlement services for exchange-traded contracts, as well as for over-the-counter derivatives through CME Clearport®. Overall, CME Group’s products and services ensure that businesses everywhere can substantially mitigate counterparty credit risk in both on-exchange and over-the-counter derivatives markets.
Chicago, IL 60606
Since 1994, Compliance Supervisors International, Inc. (CSI) has provided professional compliance and accounting services tailored to fit the needs of commodity futures and securities industry professionals. CSI excels as a qualified and experienced consulting firm and provides a convenient alternative to hiring in-house staff to comply with the rules and regulations of the National Futures Association and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.