The Section 1256 club is hard to get into: Futures on foreign exchanges often donât qualify. A leading global broker Newedge promised Section 1256 treatment for foreign futures traded on Euronext Paris and Euronext Amsterdam exchanges. Our blog helped them retract that promise and agree those exchanges don't have Section 1256 treatment. Section 1256 tax breaks lower your tax rates by up to 12% using 60/40 treatment (60% long-term capital gains rates). Just make sure you are entitled to those breaks, and don't trust your broker to give you the right information about it. Read our blog and watch our related Webinar. blog: http://tinyurl.com/kkylg3y Webinar recording: http://tinyurl.com/ofcqaah