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TOKYO, May 6, 2021 – TradeStation Securities, Inc., a fully owned subsidiary of Monex Group,Inc., issued the following press release on May 3.
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TradeStation Securities Supports Trading of Micro Bitcoin Futures from CME Group Starting on Day
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TradeStation Securities Supports Trading of Micro Bitcoin Futures from CME Group
Starting on Day One
TradeStation continues to offer its customers access to the cryptocurrency futures markets with a newcontract that’s 1/10 the size of one Bitcoin and 1/50 the size of the standard Bitcoin futures contract.
Plantation, FL (May 3, 2021) – TradeStation Securities, Inc. (“TradeStation”), a Monex Group company
and award-winning* broker-dealer and futures commission merchant, now offers its futures clients theability to trade Micro Bitcoin futures contracts, through CME Group.
CME Group first launched Bitcoin futures (BTC) in 2017, and since then, the notional value of Bitcoin has
fluctuated between $19k in December 2017 to over $60k in April 2021. For many retail futures traders,the amount of capital needed to speculate on the price direction of Bitcoin, or to hedge their spot Bitcoin
price risk, is significant. CME Group recognized this challenge and chose to launch Micro Bitcoin futures
to make the trading of Bitcoin futures contracts more accessible and to help answer the growing demand
among sophisticated, retail traders for additional regulated cryptocurrency products. The Micro Bitcoin
futures contract is 1/10 the size of one Bitcoin and 1/50 the size of the standard Bitcoin futures contract.
“The interest around cryptocurrency in 2021 continues to grow, and as we see more corporations andfinancial institutions recognize the importance of crypto, it increases interest for the retail investor
community. We’re excited to offer our futures clients another way to trade the price direction of Bitcoin,based on the daily CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate, through cash-settled Micro Bitcoin futures. Bylowering the barrier of entry, more retail traders will be able to gain exposure to Bitcoin, which exceeded$60k in April,” said John Bartleman, President of TradeStation Group, Inc. “We were day one supportersof CME’s Bitcoin futures product, and we’re looking forward to our continued relationship that allows us toenable our clients to access cryptocurrency price fluctuations through futures trading.”
TradeStation futures clients can now trade Micro Bitcoin futures through its TradeStation desktop
platform, web-trading and mobile app, as well as its TradeStation FuturesPlus platform. Both platforms
provide advanced visualization and analysis tools.
“We are pleased TradeStation is supporting the launch of our new Micro Bitcoin futures,” said Tim
McCourt, Global Head of Equity Index and Alternative Investment Products at CME Group. “Since thelaunch of our Bitcoin futures more than three years ago, TradeStation, and the broader broker
community, have played an important role in not only facilitating trading but educating institutional andother sophisticated traders on the benefits of crypto derivatives.”
To speak with an account executive to learn more about TradeStation or to open an account, call
1.800.808.9336 or visit TradeStation.com.
CME GROUP and MICRO BITCOIN are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
About TradeStation Group, Inc.
For more than 30 years, the TradeStation Group companies have been pioneering leaders in the online
trading industry, committed to delivering the best trading technology, brokerage services, trading
education and support to individual and institutional traders. TradeStation’s award-winning trading andanalysis platforms offer access to equities, options and futures trading at the major U.S. equities andoptions exchanges and market centers, as well as the major futures exchanges. TradeStation’s clients
have access to the powerful tools needed to design, test, optimize, monitor and automate custom trading
strategies, and its mobile and web trading apps allow clients to take the power of the TradeStation trading
experience on the go. TradeStation also provides a vast array of educational offerings to help beginningand advanced clients learn online trading and investing skills to help them meet their trading andinvestment objectives.
TradeStation Securities, Inc. (Member NYSE, FINRA, SIPC, NSCC, DTC, OCC & CME) is a licensed
securities broker-dealer and a registered futures commission merchant (FCM), and a member of major
stocks, options and futures exchanges in the United States. TradeStation Group’s technology subsidiary,
TradeStation Technologies, Inc., develops and offers strategy trading software tools and subscription
services, and hosts the TradingApp® Store.
*Visit TradeStation.com/Awards for more information.
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