Considerations
A future is a financial contract obligating the buyer to purchase an asset (or the seller to sell an asset), such as a physical commodity or a financial instrument, at a predetermined future date and price. A single stock future is a contract with an underlying of one particular stock, usually in batches of 100. No transmission of share rights or dividends occur.
The table below contains all of the transactions that can be recorded for a future. Click any of the links to view the procedure for entering the selected transaction.
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Use this transaction to set the 'baseline date A benchmark date used as a basis for comparison.' in order to prevent a corporate action from processing against a position that you have already adjusted. | |
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Use this transaction to record a short position in your account that you do not want tracked before a certain date (baseline date), that includes all proceeds information and any adjustments to the position prior to that date. | |
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Use this transaction to manually record positions that you held open at the time your broker sent your trade data. | |
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Use this transaction to manually record a cover short transaction. | |
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Use this transaction to manually record a cover short using the Specific ID method. | |
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Use this transaction to manually open a long option contract. | |
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Use this transaction to sell or "close" an option. | |
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Use this transaction to sell or "close" a long option using the Specific ID method. | |
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Use this transaction to sell or "write" a short option contract. | |
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Use this transaction to manually record a transfer transaction for a future. | |
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Use this transaction to specify shares to transfer between brokerage accounts. | |
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Use this transaction to manually record a withdraw transaction for a future. Withdraw transactions remove a position from your account without affecting your gains/losses. |