• you place your trades directly into the actual futures market- live market feed of prices, trades, bid/sell depth
• no more artificial bid/sell spreads from market makers
• full service web-based dealing platform- potential to access overseas markets
• sophisticated charting package used by global brokers worldwide (choice of 3 different tick charts)
  

Low Costs

• a single monthly platform fee covering the cost of data feeds, charts, dealing platform, support and administration services
• monthly cost of $60 per month with a $10 rebate at month end if you perform 10 transactions in the month
• low brokerage that reduces with transaction volume
• standard brokerage of $9.00 per transaction
• reduces to $7.50 per transaction via a month end rebate if you undertake 120 transactions or more per month (an average of 3 contracts per day)
  

Index Surfer Support

• daily on-line web based trading room
• dedicated to INDEX Surfer members only
• ability to see and hear INDEX Surfer staff present their charts and thoughts (at nominated times)
• ability to ask and have questions answered
• being part of this mentoring partnership from other members, brokers and us.
  

Other Benefits

• 50% margin requirement if no open position at session end (currently $3,300 per contract).
• support from a dedicated Halifax Account Manager (Logan Punyanitya)
• Halifax can offer a full range of other broking services to clients also (independent of Index Surfer)
• fast account opening process predominantly on-line for multiple entity types
• minimum account opening balance only $5,000
• Halifax is a large organisation with over 14,000 Australian clients and affiliations with Halifax offices globally
• dealing with brokers who understand the SPI Forecaster methodology