They may also allow you to
trade certain market indices, such as the ASX 100, which aggregates the price movements of all the top 100 stocks listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
Since the underlying
index value and IIV are not calculated or widely disseminated during extended hours
trading sessions, an investor who is unable to calculate implied values for
certain derivative securities products in those sessions may be at a disadvantage to
market professionals.
This portfolio invests in derivative instruments such as swaps, options, futures contracts, forward currency contracts,
indexed and asset - backed securities, to be announced (TBAs) securities, interest rate swaps, credit default swaps, and
certain exchange -
traded funds that involve risks including liquidity, interest rate,
market, currency, counterparty, credit and management risks, mispricing or improper valuation, low correlation with the underlying asset, rate, or
index and could lose more than originally invested.