The Thailand Futures Exchange Plc (TFEX), part of The Stock Exchange of Thailand, is introducing the “Jump for Futures” campaign to attract new investors through promoting TFEX’s longer trading hours. The campaign will start now and run until end-November 2011, providing training and other educational programs, valuable prizes, and giveaways.
“TFEX has continued to expand during the past five years, both in terms of trade volume and product range to efficiently meet investor demand. Now, we offer futures that are based on stocks, the SET index, interest rates and gold. This year, TFEX plans to introduce more products, including silver futures. We will also extend trading hours to 10:30 p.m. for gold and silver futures in order to enable investors to better manage risks and capture trade opportunities”, said TFEX Managing Director Kesara Manchusree.
The “Jump for Futures” campaign will have two main objectives. The first goal is to disseminate product information and give suggestions on investment techniques and strategies, through two seminar programs. The first program, “Techniques to Conquer Derivatives Trading”, debuted this month, with repeats for May, July and October. The second program, “Effective Trading on Extended Hours” will be held every Tuesday and Thursday throughout June to promote TFEX’s longer trading hours, which will start that month as well.
The second objective of the “Jump for Futures” campaign is to attract new investors. This goal will be achieved through collaborated with 33 derivatives brokerages and will be divided into three parts. Under the “Jump for Account” part, the first 100 investors who open derivatives trading accounts with participating brokers will receive freebies, while under the “Jump for Trading” part, investors have chances of winning gift vouchers, worth more than THB135,000, if they execute trade orders during the designated periods. And lastly, under the “Super Jump” part, participants are eligible to join in a lucky draw to win 5 iPhone handsets and 5 iPad tablets, worth more than THB250,000, from now until end-November 2011.
For more information on “Jump for Futures” and the various seminars, please visit www.tfex.co.th or contact S-E-T Call Center at 0 2229 2222 or participating securities companies.