Single Stock Future - Record Baseline Transaction

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.

Use this page to manually record positions that you held open at the time your broker sent your trade data. in order to accurately calculate your gain/loss figures, input your cost basis and purchase dates for these baseline positions.

Click one of the icons above to view either a list of the transactions available for that category, or click the Baseline Holdings icon to access the Add New Baseline Holdings page.

Procedure

From the Manually Record Trades page, click the Single Stock Future icon to access the Single Stock Future - Record Transaction page. From this page, select Baseline from the Action drop-down list. The Single Stock Future - Record Baseline Transaction page displays.

1. Select the account to which to record this transaction, from the In Account drop-down list. If you only have one account, this drop-down list is not displayed.

2. Select one of the following from the Futures Sector drop-down list:

• Stock (default) - Stock is the underlying asset.

• Commodity - Commodities are the underlying asset.

• Currency - International currencies are the underlying asset.

• Index - Index basket of shares, such as the S&P 500, are the underlying asset.

3. By default, the Action on this page is set to Baseline. To change this, select a different transaction from the Action drop-down list. The fields that display depend on the transaction that is selected.

4. Enter the purchase date in the Purchase Date (mm/dd/yyyy) field. You can also click the Calendar icon and select the appropriate date from the calendar that displays.

5. Enter the single stock future symbol in the Symbol field. You can then click Verify to confirm you have entered the correct symbol for the single stock future. To search for a future symbol or create a custom future, click the Future Symbol Lookup link.

6. Select the type of security from the Security Type drop-down list. By default, this field is set to Single Stock Future for this transaction.

7. Enter the number of contracts in the Contracts field. The default information used is the standard 100 shares per contract. If your future has a different set up, enter the number of shares per contract associated with your future in the field provided. It is important that this figure is accurate to ensure correct calculations for this future transaction.

8. Enter the Baseline Date, which is the last date that you updated your holdings and cost basis. You can also click the Calendar icon and select the appropriate date from the calendar that displays.

9. Enter the total cost in the Total Cost as of Baseline Date field.

10. To record the Baseline transaction, click the Record button. To record the transaction and continue to enter additional transactions, click the Record & Repeat button. To leave this page, without recording the transaction, click the Cancel button.

Example

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