Title: MAM 5
1MAM 5 Rosebank Presentation
2Introduction
- Make a Million 5
- Single Stock Futures (SSFs)
- Trading of SSFs in MAM5
- SSF Trading Strategies
- Other cost-effective trading instruments
- IDXs
- ETFs
3Previous MAM Winners
Hermann Kostens - 2008
Hendrik v Niekerk - 2007
Willie Koen - 2006
Leon vd Westhuizen - 2005
4About MAM
- 3 month online trading competition
- 5th year that we will be giving away R1 million
- MAM 1 to 3 share trading competitions
- MAM4 Single Stock Futures (SSFs)
- MAM4 in 2008 - 300 entries
- The best odds of winning R1 million in the
country
5MAM Rules
- Attend the workshop (done!)
- Register Deposit R10,000
- Explore www.psgonline.co.za
- Trade SSFs on the Top 40 shares ETFs
- Follow the leaderboard on www.moneyweb.co.za
- Listen to Moneyweb on RSG, SAFM and Lotus
- Sell out to cash by 27 November 2009
- Visit Moneyweb for the results presentation in
early December 2009
6Why trade SSFs
- Cost-effective
- Benefits of gearing therefore, requires less
initial capital investment - Within 2 months in MAM4 leader R9 000 to R189
000 - BUT SSFs are also more risky than shares
- Last 2 weeks of MAM4 Lost R160 000
- Can lose the R10,000 initial deposit
- Use the available tools to mitigate risk
- Price watch to monitor prices on your behalf
- Stop-loss facility to close out positions
7About SSFs cont.
- A Definition SSFs Explained
- SSFs are contracts entered into between 2
parties, where 1 party commits to buy a set
quantity of stock and 1 party agrees to sell a
set quantity of stock at a specified future date.
- This creates the right for the buyer to take
delivery of that stock on the date of the
contracts expiry, i.e. the buyer doesnt
purchase the stock but rather a deposit, known
as the initial margin is made and used as
security against the right to take delivery of
the stock at the specified contracts future
date. - Most clients do not, however, take delivery of
SSFs rather clients close out positions every
quarter or roll positions over to the next expiry
date. - A SSF contract is made up of 100 shares of the
underlying and the margin is geared at around 15
of the underlying instruments share price.
8SSFs Summarised
- A futures contract is
- A standardised contract
- That is listed on the South African Futures
Exchange (SAFEX), a subsidiary of the JSE - Of a standard quantity (100) of a specific
underlying asset, usually a listed share
partially matched orders simply expire! - That expires on a predetermined future date,
usually the third Thursday of every March, June,
September and December - At a price reflecting the ruling price of the
underlying asset on the expiry date, including
all relevant dividends and interest - You can opt to go long (benefit from rising
prices) or go short - You are required to make an initial margin
deposit to open the position - Your profits and losses are marked to market daily
9SSFs In Action
- INVESTOR A (Equity / Share Trader)
- Investor A is confident that Sasol Ltd shares
will increase in the oncoming months. - She has R35,000 which she can invest.
- Sasols share price is R350, therefore she buys
100 shares. - 3 months later the price has increased by 10 so
she sells her shares to make a R3,500 profit. Her
return on her investment is 10.
- INVESTOR B (SSFs Trader)
- Investor B is confident that Sasol Ltd shares
will increase in the oncoming months. - Sasols share price is R350, therefore he buys a
Long Sasol SSF contract. - The initial margin set by the broker is R6,000
which is paid by the buyer. - After 3 months the price has increased by 10
and the investor closes out his position and
sells out of the Sasol SSF contract he is
holding. His profit is R3,500 but his return on
his investment is 58.
10Terminology Explained
- Going Long is when an investor buys a SSF
contract to benefit from an increase in the
underlying shares price. - Going short is when an investor sells a SSF
contract to benefit from a decrease in the
underlying shares price. - Closing a position this is when investors
choose to sell the position if they hold a long
SSF contract or buy the position if they hold a
short SSF contract. - Expiry date the date at which the SSF contract
is set to expire. SSF contracts expire
automatically every quarter on the second-last
Thursday of March, June, September and December
of every year. Therefore, contracts bought in
January 2009 will automatically expire in March
2009. All contracts are automatically rolled over
to the next valid expiry date unless investors
specifically arrange otherwise with PSG Online in
writing. - Initial margin the deposit made in order to
secure the SSF contract. The exact amount is
specified as a cents per share amount and fixed
by SAFEX, but it usually equates to about 15 of
the value of the contract. - Variation margin the daily process through
which the unrealised profits and losses are
processed onto the clients cash account. Should
this account move into a negative balance, the
client will be required to settle that negative
balance through either depositing a cash amount
or closing positions to the value of the
unrealised loss. - Rolling a position the quarterly process
through which a SSF contract is automatically
closed and then re-opened with the next dated
expiry date for a SSF contract in the same
underlying instrument. This is the default option
for all SSF contracts. - Underlying instrument SSFs are derivatives
because they derive their value from the
underlying instrument. These will be mostly
shares listed on the JSE and certain Exchange
Traded Funds (ETFs).
11How to go long
- A Practical Example
- Assume that Sasol Ltd shares are trading at R275
and the SSF price is R278. - You have heard that a hurricane is predicted to
hit oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico in the ensuing
week, which may affect output rates due to the
damage. You believe that this will cause the
price of oil to increase as supply decreases. You
decide to buy a Long SSF and purchase one DEC09
SOLQ contract which gives you the equivalent
exposure of 100 Sasol shares. - The contract value is R27,800 and the initial
margin is R4,950. This amount will be taken from
your SSF account and deposited in a trust with
SAFEX, which earns interest at the specified
rate. Your exposure is now 1 contract. - The hurricane hits oil rigs in Mexico and this
has affected the price of oil causing the share
price to increase by 20, from R275 to R330. You
believe that the share price wont increase much
further and so decide to close out your position
and sell out the one DEC09 SOLQ contract you are
holding at R331. - At this point your initial margin along with the
difference between the value of the underlying
shares when you opened and closed the contract is
refunded which is 100 shares x (R331 R278)
R5300 which equates to a profit of 107 for an
initial capital outlay of R4,950. - The realised profit and initial margin returned
are available for new positions immediately, even
though the cash will only be processed onto the
trading account at the conclusion of the trading
day.
12Trading SSFs during MAM5
- Buy-in of R10 000, calculated as follows
- R 9 000 trading funds which can be used as the
initial margin on your positions (This money or
the single stock futures it buys belongs to you,
even after the competition. Therefore all profits
and losses are for your SSF account) - R 1 000 variation margin which is held in a JSE
trustee account and will be refunded at the end
of the competition - NO ENTRY FEE opportunity to open a number of
MAM5 accounts - Can trade online or through the PSG Online
Dealing Desk on weekdays from 09h00 to 17h00 - www.psgonline.co.za or 0860 774 774
13MAM5 Margin Calls
- All realised profits and losses are processed
onto accounts immediately after trading and
therefore realised profits and returned initial
margin will be available for trading immediately. - Should positions remain open overnight, they will
have produced either unrealised profits or
unrealised losses. These are processed by SAFEX
as cash journals on the SSF account. - Competitors may not add additional funds to their
initial portfolio value - Cannot top-up or pay in margin, therefore if
the loss on a position is greater than 50 of the
initial margin required for the position you will
be required to sell out of that position or cover
that loss with remaining funds in your MAM5
account.
14Margin Calls cont.
- An Example
- If an account has a cash balance of R5,000 and
total unrealised losses of R7,500 at the close of
trading, SAFEX will process the loss of R7,500 on
the account to leave the account with a negative
cash balance of R2,500. - All standard SSF account holders will be required
to pay in that R2,500 as variation margin by
1600 on the following trading day regardless
of intraday share movements on that following
trading day. If an account holder fails to
deposit the required variation margin, the PSG
Online dealing desk will close out sufficient
contracts to cover the unrealised loss. - If you do add funds to your MAM5 account it will
automatically be converted into a normal SSF
trading account. So there is no penalty for
adding funds just means that your entry is
removed from the competition and you can continue
to hold your contract position.
15Fees Charges
- The following fees are involved with SSF trading
- 0.5 (excl VAT) R60 booking fee
- Brokerage at 0.4 (excl VAT) of the value of the
transaction - Market makers commission at 0.1 (excl VAT) of
the value of the transaction - Booking fee of R60 per future code in which a new
position is opened per day therefore you pay
only for the opening leg of all transactions, and
only once per day per future code - Interest payable on the SSF will be determined
daily by the market maker in relation to the
ruling SAFEX rates. The final SSF price will
include this interest. - Interest will be paid on cash balances in the SSF
account at the JSE Trustees rate.
16SSF Pricing
- Part One
- The following variables are used to calculate the
price of an SSF - The underlying share price
- Eg R100 in the case of STD BANK (SBK)
- The interest to be paid on the total cost of the
SSF - Eg 8 on R10,000 (R100 per share 100 shares per
contract) for 3 months - The dividends that are expected to be paid on the
shares held within the SSF - Eg R2 per share
- Market makers commission and brokerage
- Eg 0.5 per transaction
17SSF Pricing cont.
18SSF Trading
19SSF Trading
20SSF Expiry
- SSFs expire every quarter usually on the third
Thursday of March, June, September and December
of each year. - In the absence of any specific instruction to
this effect, PSG Online will simply roll the SSF
to the next available SSF expiry date for the
same underlying instrument. - The holder of a SSF may take delivery of the
actual underlying instruments, but this will only
be the case if the holder of the SSF has arranged
in writing for PSG Online to take delivery of the
instruments. - Roll-over date during MAM5 3rd week of
September 2009 - Roll-over Cost 0.25
21Corporate Actions
- Corporate actions will be processed onto SSF
contracts by the JSE and owners of SSF positions
will not be prejudiced by movements in the
underlying instruments. - Dividends expected during any given quarter are
priced into SSFs including the expected
interest to be received on the dividend payment
and therefore investors do not receive dividends
as a cash payment even though they do benefit
from them. - If the dividend assumptions from the market maker
turn out to be wrong, a dividend future will be
traded to reclaim or refund the variance. - An Example
- if a share trades at R100 and a R5 dividend is
expected before the next SSF expiry date, the SSF
price will be R95 because the dividend will be
paid out and the share price will fall
commensurately before the SSF expiry date.
22Trading Strategies
- Hedge your accounts - Open 2 MAM5 accounts and
go long one contract and go short in same
contract in different account. Benefit from
multiple strategies and accounts as there is NO
ENTRY FEE. - Hedge your SSF against the industry Go long
/short in New Gold ETF. Go long/short in ANGSEP09
contract. - Time your market entry and exit with technical
trading. -
23Trading Strategies
24Trading Strategies
Long Close (Sell) _at_ 12800c
12800 12500 300c x 2 contracts R600
R600 / R3750 16 in 6-days
25Trading Strategies
1800c
Neckline
RS
Initial Margin R150
LS
Long 20 contracts R3000
Long Open (Buy) _at_ 1100c
Neckline
High _at_ 1240c 140c x 20 2800 / 3000 93
LS
Head
RS
Head
26Lessons from MAM4
- Top 3 finishing players had never traded SSFs
before - Dont hang-on to losing positions
- R3 000 separated 1st 2nd place
- Portfolio values changed dramatically in last 2
weeks of competition when Leaderboard closed! It
is really a game that changes all the time - The MAM4 winner was never in 1st place on the
Leaderboard until the last week of the
competition! - Get your friends and family to join and benefit
from multiple trading strategies - MAM4 winner
entered with friend both traded different
strategies and split winnings -
27FAQ
- Can open up more than one account
- Your money is held in trust with the JSE
- If youre not in the Top 10 you dont have to
close out your position BUT BE WARNED! - Can pay cash into the account to cover a margin
call that turns your account into a normal SSF
account - Taxable? Thats up to you
28Important Details
- Register at www.makeamillion.co.za
- Register from 27 July 2009
- Deposit R10,000 with your cash account reference
number - Trade from 31 August 2009
- Leaderboard blanks out 13 November 2009
- Close out by 27 November 2009
- Contact dealers 0860 774 774
- Trade online www.psgonline.co.za
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29IDX in Brief
- IDXs are SSFs on foreign shares
- Buy contract on SAFEX but get exposure to
international shares Vodafone, Nestle, Coca
Cola - Allows investors to get exposure to offshore
shares and currency with local Rands - Available to all investors (incl Trusts and
Companies) - Prices available on exchange phone for better
rates - Trade through PSG Online dealing desk
30ETFs Explained
A Definition Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) ETFs
are index funds traded on stock exchanges much
like stocks and bonds. This investment vehicle
trades at approximately the same price as the net
asset value of its underlying assets. ETFs have
the valuation feature of mutual funds but can be
traded instantaneously all day long, unlike
mutual funds which are only redeemed at the net
asset value of the funds at the close of the
trading day. In a survey of investment
professionals conducted in March 2008, 67 called
ETFs the most innovative investment vehicle of
the last two decades and 60 reported that ETFs
have fundamentally changed the way they construct
investment portfolios. - Wikipedia
31ETFs in Brief
ETFs enable investors to gain broad exposure
to Entire stock markets Specific
sectors Different asset classes Investment
themes ETFs are Fast and efficient real time
access to markets Liquid market
maker Convenient single purchase gives exposure
to the whole market or market segment Transparent
Cost-effective lower cost than other forms of
investing Hedging capability can diversify
risks as invest in performance of an Index vs
share
32ETF
- ETF Providers who support Make a Million
- ABSA
- Deutsche
- SATRIX