original post in another thread..... bungrider Elite Member 10-01-03 10:17 PM fellow ET gents and ladies, below are two links from cftc's web site with the approved foreign contracts for US citizens to trade with no bullshit from the govt. http://www.cftc.gov/dea/deadciofore...ns.htm#usaccess http://www.cftc.gov/opa/backgrounder/opapart30.htm (from 2nd link): "APPROVED: Foreign Stock Index Futures Contracts for Which No-Action Relief Has Been Granted. AE -- The Amsterdam Exchanges (formed by the merger of the Financiele Termijnmarkt Amsterdam and the European Options Exchange): Eurotop 100 Index futures contractâ ASXF -- ASX Futures Exchange: S&P/ASX 50 futures contract S&P/ASX 200 futures contract EDX -- EDX London Exchange (formerly traded on OM London Exchange, Ltd.)*: OMX Stock Index Standardized futures contractâ OMX Stock Index Flexible futures contractâ EUREX -- Eurex Deutschland (formerly DTB, Deutsche Terminbörse): Dow Jones Global Titans 50 futures contract Dow Jones STOXX 600 Banking Sector Index futures contract Dow Jones EURO STOXX Banking Sector Index futures contract Dow Jones STOXX 50 Index futures contractâ Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index futures contractâ Deutsche Aktienindex (DAX) Stock Index futures contractâ EURONEXT -- Euronext Amsterdam, N.V.: AEX Index futures contract Light AEX Index futures contract HKFE -- Hong Kong Futures Exchange: Hang Seng Index futures contractâ HKFE Taiwan Index futures contractâ INTEX -- International Futures Exchange (Bermuda) Ltd.: Financial News Composite Index futures contractâ IDEM -- Italian Stock Exchange (Mercato Italiano dei Derivati): MIB 30 Index futures contractâ MiniFIB futures contract JSE -- JSE Securities Exchange South Africa: FTSE/JSE 40 Top companies Index futures contract LIFFE -- London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange: Morgan Stanley Capital International Pan-Euro Index futures contractâ Morgan Stanley Capital International Euro Index futures contractâ FTSE International Eurobloc 100 Index futures contractâ FTSE International Eurotop 300 Index futures contractâ FTSE International Eurotop 300 (ex. UK) Index futures contractâ FTSE International Eurotop 100 Index futures contractâ Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100 Index futures contractâ Financial Times Mid-250 Index futures contract (FTSE Mid-Cap)â Mini FTSE 100 Index futures contract MEFF RV (Meff Renta Variable) -- Meff Sociedad Holding Rectora de Productos Financieros Derivados, S.A. (Spain): IBEX-35 Stock Index futures contractâ S&P Euro Index futures contract S&P Europe 350 Index futures contract ME -- Montreal Stock Exchange: S&P/TSE 60 Stock Index futures contractâ MONEP -- Marchè des Options Nègociables de Paris: CAC 40 Index futures contractâ Dow Jones STOXX 50 Index futures contactâ Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index futures contractâ OM London Exchange Ltd. (formerly OMLX, London Securities and Derivatives Exchange, Ltd.): OMX Stock Index Standardized futures contractâ OMX Stock Index Flexible futures contractâ OMXCAP Index Standardized futures contractâ OMXCAP Index Flexible futures contractâ OM -- OM Stockholm Exchange AB: OMX Stock Index Standardized futures contractâ OMXCAP Index Standardized futures contractâ OSE -- Osaka Securities Exchange FTSE Japan Index futures contract MSCI Japan Index futures contract Nikkei Stock Index 300 futures contract (Nikkei 300)â Nikkei Stock Average Index futures contract (Nikkei 225)â SGX-DT -- Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading, Limited (formerly SIMEX, the Singapore International Monetary Exchange): SGX MSCI Japan Index futures contract Morgan Stanley Capital International Singapore Free Stock Index futures contractâ Morgan Stanley Capital International Hong Kong Stock Index futures contractâ Morgan Stanley Capital International Taiwan Stock Index futures contractâ Nikkei Stock Average futures contractâ Nikkei Stock Index 300 futures contract (Nikkei 300)â SFE -- Sydney Futures Exchange Ltd.: All Ordinaries Share Price Index futures contractâ S&P/Australian Stock Exchange 200 Index futures contractâ TSE -- Tokyo Stock Exchange: Tokyo Stock Price Index futures contract (TOPIX)â S&P/Topix 150 Index futures contract TFE -- Toronto Futures Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) 300 Composite Index futures contractâ TSE 100 Index futures contractâ TSE 300 Spot Indexâ TSE 35 Index futures contractâ TSE 35 Spot Indexâ PENDING APPROVAL: Foreign Stock Index Futures Contracts Pending No-Action BSE - The Bombay Stock Exchange (The Stock Exchange, Mumbai): BSE Sensitive Index of 30 Stocks futures contract LIFFE -- The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange*: FTSEurofirst 80 Index Futures Contract FTSEurofirst 100 Index Futures Contract NSE --The National Stock Exchange of India, Limited: S&P CNX Nifty Index futures contract SGX-DT -- Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading, Limited: S&P CNX Nifty Index futures contract SGX Straits Times Index futures contract ...Therefore, under the rule amendment, if the underlying foreign exchange-traded futures product (including futures on stock indices and on foreign government debt) may be offered or sold in the United States, the foreign option based on that futures contract may be offered or sold as well without further action." ______________________________________ def Interactive Brokers 10-01-03 11:47 PM We're looking at additional cash markets (you wouldn't be allowed to trade stock options due to the US restrictions). We could offer HK tomorrow but the cost of additional throughput, supplying data (they protect the data vendors and fail to see the big picture), and don't make it very interesting. _________________________________________ Def, Given the above, what about FTSE based products on the LIFFE? I have tried entering orders for them but still get the "regulatory restriction" error on the TWS. I see the data feeds available for about 30GBP, so quotes aren't an issue. The CFTC letter bungrider noted above is fairly new. Bungrider, Are you trading any of these? Thanks ktm