• Open a trading account with us.
• Read through the relevant terms and conditions.
• Complete an IPO application form.
• Deposit sufficient funds to your account before the cut-off time.

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You can obtain IPO information and application forms from our Customer Service Counter or designated banks.

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They can close out their position in one of the following ways:
• Sell the contract at the current premium value;
• Exercise the option contract to deliver or take delivery of the underlying stock;
• Let the option contract expire.

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Unless you cancel your instructions, your orders will remain active until the end of the trading day. If your orders are not filled, they will expire after market close.

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You can place your orders through our 'Stock Options Trader Pro' trading platform or call your Investment Consultant.

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You can call your Investment Consultant to place your orders.

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You can go to the 'Order' tab in the trading platform where you can double click on the order you want to amend or cancel. The order details will pop up, allowing you to amend or cancel the order by clicking on the 'Modify' or 'Delete' button.

(Note : Only orders in 'Queue' or 'Pend' status can be amended or cancelled.)

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By changing the price or increasing the quantity of an order, you will be cancelling the original order. The amended order will be treated as a new order and sent to HKATS to be re-queued. To avoid re-queuing, it is suggested that you increase the quantity by submitting a new order instead of amending the original order.

The order will not be re-queued if you reduce the quantity.

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You can call your Investment Consultant to exercise your orders.

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The buyer has the right to exercise a stock option. For a call option, the buyer has the right to buy a specific amount of the underlying shares at the strike price. For a put option, the buyer has the right to sell a specific amount of the underlying shares at the strike price.

The option seller should prepare the underlying shares for settlement when the call option is being exercised. If a put option is being exercised, the seller should have enough capital for buying the underlying shares from the option buyer.

Please refer to Place & Execute Orders about exercising a stock option in EBSI e-Stock Options trading platform.

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The cut-off time to submit an exercise instruction is 4:20pm of each trading day before the option expiry day.

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Your short position may be assigned after the market closes. Your investment consultant will notify you by phone or email on the next day.

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You must arrange the delivery of the underlying stock in your securities account. If no delivery instruction is received from you before 12:00 noon on the day we inform you of the assignment, EBSI will act on your behalf to buy the underlying stock in the market at the current price for settlement.

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If you do not provide an exercise instruction to us before the expiry day, your open long position will either expire or the Options System will automatically generate an exercise instruction in respect of your open long position, which are in-the-money or above the percentage prescribed by SEOCH from time to time.

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Stock Options Trader Pro Buying Power i.e. Available balance = Cash Balance - Initial Margin NAV i.e. Equity = Deposit +/- P/L Margin Call   I.Margin i.e. Initial Margin M.Margin = I.Margin M.Level   Max Margin   Period   Cash Balance i.e. Account Balance = Deposit +/- Premium Transaction Amount Lockup Amount Credit Limit   Net Opt Value = Current Price x Contract Size Total Premium = Trade price x Contract size Client Status   Ctrl Level   Mgn Class   AE

Example: #1 Cheung Kong 105 Call Option Price: $1.00 Current Price: $0.50 Last Closing: $0.60 Margin $15,000 Deposit $20,000 Selling the option NAV $20,000 + $500 = $20,500 P/L ($1.00- $0.50) x 1000 = $500 I.Margin $15,000 Cash Balance $20,000 + $1000 = $21,000 Buying the option NAV $20,000 - $500 = $19,500 P/L ($0.50- $1.00) x 1000 = -$500 I.Margin 0 Cash Balance $20,000 - $1000 = $19,000

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You can amend an order using any of the three methods:

•  Reduce the quantity

•  Change the price

•  Increase the quantity

The order will not be re-queued if you reduce the quantity only. However, by changing the price or increasing the quantity of an order, you will be cancelling the original order. The amended order will be treated as a new order and sent to HKATS to be re-queued. To avoid re-queuing, it is suggested that you increase the quantity by submitting a new order instead of amending the original order.

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Most settlement methods of HKFE-related products are cash-settled contracts for differences, and the final settlement day is the first business day after the last trading day, which is the day immediately preceding the last business day of the contract month.

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To close out an open position for a futures contract, login to our “Futures Trader Pro” and go to “Position Page”. Click on the contract and “Close-out” button, order details will be filled in automatically (the price will be filled with the best price of the opposite open contract at the moment you click on the button). Verify the order details, and then click on 'Buy' or 'Sell' to confirm the order.

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After you can go to the 'Order Page', another small window will be displayed when right-clicking on the order, which will allow the user to make changes on it. The order details will pop up where you can amend the order by clicking on the 'Change order' button. You can amend the price or quantity of the order.

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You can go to the 'Order Page', another small window will be displayed when right-clicking on the order, which allows the user to cancel on it. The order details will pop up where you can cancel the order by clicking on the 'Delete order' button.

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You can call your investment consultant to place your orders.

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Futures order

Within +/- 8% of the market price

Options order

Hang Seng Index Options: +/- 800 points

H-shares Index Options: +/- 500 points

Note: the actual price deviation varies

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Most unit trusts in Hong Kong are traded on a daily basis. Investors can buy and sell by placing their instructions with their advisor through the above channels.

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You should call up your Investment Consultant at EBSI to place orders. For Shanghai B-shares, you should also inform your Investment Consultant if you require EBSI to complete the currency conversion on your behalf for settlement.

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As soon as your account is funded and is cleared, you can start trading.

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Funds in your U.S. trading account will always be converted to USD before trading can begin. We provide currency conversion services and can accept all major currencies. Your trading account must have cleared U.S. funds before a trade can be executed. Ensure the FX conversion checkbox is ticked in your Deposit Instruction Form.

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You can only trade online.

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Funds in your account need to be converted to USD before trading can begin. We provide U.S. currency conversion services and can accept all major currencies. Your trading account must have cleared U.S. currency conversion services funds before a trade can be placed. If we receive your currency exchange instruction before 11:00am, your HKD will be converted to USD and remitted to your trading account. Funds may be available in your trading account on the same U.S. business day, but will still be subject to the processing time of the corresponding bank. If you submit your instruction after 11:00am, your instruction will be processed by the next working day.

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All U.S. trades settle on T+2 (trade day plus three U.S. working days).

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Our online trading account only allows orders to be placed with sufficient cleared funds in your trading account.

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On our trading website, enter '53W' for the Financial Organisation Number, as well as your login ID and password to access trading.

Click on 'Trading' in the top menu.

Enter the stock symbol, order and transaction type, then click on the 'Review Before Sending' button.

Click 'Send Order' to put your order through.

Once executed, the review message will say 'Sent to Approval'. Please check in your intraday order status to confirm that your order has been executed.
For further help please click on 'Remote Help' on your left on the trading website.

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If you are unable to gain access to your account, please call our Customer Service Hotline on +852 2822 5001 for assistance. Please note that your account will be automatically locked if you have entered an incorrect password three times.

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Amending or cancelling an order can only be done if the order is under 'Open' status, which occurs under the following conditions: Extended hours trading orders , Limit orders and Stop orders . In these cases, you can amend or cancel the order by clicking 'Order Status' under the 'Trading' menu to view such orders, then click on the 'Open' status to make changes accordingly.

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By default, all orders will carry that message once executed, due to the fact that every order must be checked for trading rule violations. In most cases, your order will be sent for execution straight away. You can check the status of the order by clicking on 'Order Status' under the 'Trading' menu, where you can confirm that the order has been executed.

Alternatively, under the 'Portfolio' menu, you can click on 'Executions' to check if your order has been executed.

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Yes, all orders not placed within market hours will be queued for processing as soon as the market opens.

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You can specify whether your order is for the 'Day' or is 'Good Till Cancelled (GTC)' upon order entry. For all unexecuted 'Day' orders, they will expire after that trading session.

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Orders will show a 'Pending' status when preset rules have been violated, and will be reviewed by our Dealing Desk for approval or rejection. Once approved, the order will go into 'Open' status, waiting for execution at the market.  For details, please contact our Customer Service Hotline on +852 2822 5001.

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During regular market hours, you can trade as little as one share per order, and there is no maximum limit in an order. For orders executed during extended-hours trading please refer to the above.

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No.

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Day order - Any order to buy or sell a security that automatically expires if not executed on the day the order is placed.

GTC order - A Good Till Cancelled (GTC) order is an order to buy or sell a security that is good until the investor decides to cancel it. GTC orders automatically expire after 90 days.

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A Stop order is available for securities listed on all exchanges except the following:


• OTC Bulletin Board
• Pinksheets

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The Federal Reserve Board recently published a clarification of Regulation T (Section 220.8) regarding permissible transactions while an account is subject to a 90-day restriction. Similarly, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) clarified its interpretation of margin day trading, pursuant to NYSE Rule 431.

Regulation T states that an account that has triggered the 90-day restriction must have sufficient funds in the account to purchase securities. If a client whose account is subject to a 90-day restriction sells a fully paid security, in order to pay for the purchase of another security, the purchase of the security must be cancelled from that client's account. Under the interpretation to Regulation T, the purchase must be cancelled because the proceeds of the sale would not be available to the client until the settlement date. Thus the requirement that funds be in the account must be satisfied on a trade date basis.

When a customer has used unsettled funds (sale proceeds that have not yet settled) to purchase shares in a cash account and subsequently sells those shares prior to the settlement of the initial sale, an account will become restricted if three such occurrences happen within a 12-month period. Therefore customers who would like to perform day trading must ensure they have sufficient cleared funds in the account and avoid stretching their buying budget to funds that have yet to be settled.

To illustrate a scenario that would result in a such a violation because of the use of unsettled funds, refer to the example below:

On Monday, April 11, a client sells 500 shares of ABC stock that were fully paid for in the cash account. On Tuesday, April 12, the same client (and account) purchases 100 shares of XYZ stock and sells the same 100 shares of XYZ stock on Wednesday, April 13. If the account has two more similar occurrences within a 12-month period, the account will be restricted for 90 days to funds-on-hand trading.

Therefore customers who would like to perform day trading must ensure they have sufficient cleared funds in the account and avoid stretching their buying budget to funds that have yet to be settled.

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We can offer such services, but whether the stock can be sold is subject to legal advice and certain restrictions. For details, please contact our Customer Service Hotline on +852 2822 5001.

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You can place an order either by phone or in person.

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During the trading hours of the bullion markets. For further enquiries, please call our Customer Service Hotline at +852 2822 5001.

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The value date of Spot Bullion is T+2. It means that you can take physical delivery of the executed contract on the third day. Because no physical delivery is required, the related position will be deferred and interest will be charged or paid, whichever is applicable until the position is closed. However, we will demand customers from time to time satisfy any margin calls without taking into consideration the value date.

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[(Selling price - Buying price) x Contract size + Interest] x Number of contracts = P / L

Commission is not included in above demonstration.

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Demonstration 1

LLG Transaction
Sell 2 lots LLG to square original buying position on the same day
Buying Price US$ 400.00oz
Selling Price US$ 405.00oz
Calculation
[(405.00 - 400.00) x 100 + 0) x 2]
=US$1,000

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You are free to trade in any particular currency amount that suits your trading or hedging needs.

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5,000 of the left hand side of the currency pair. For example, the minimum trade size for GBPUSD is 5,000 GBP.

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From Monday to Friday 17:00 New York Time.

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