Rollover
Within the array of CFDs provided by SimpleFX, certain underlying assets have set expiration dates. To keep a position open beyond its expiry date, we've established an automated rollover mechanism, which ensures an effortless trading experience where you can remain focused on market opportunities, not on the calendar.
About
What is rollover?
Rollover is an automated process engineered to transfer your position to the next available contract on futures-based CFDs, such as BUND or TNOTE. It's free of charge and enables you to hold your position open past its expiration date without the need to close and reopen it at a new rate manually.
Rollovers do not impact your equity, but mind the margin level
When a position is rolled over, an adjustment is credited or debited to your open position to offset the difference in rates between the previous and the new contract. The value of your position continues to be marked to market based on your position’s original opening price, size and spread. In other words, your equity before and after the rollover remains the same. In case you hold open positions on other instruments during the rollover of futures-based CFDs, maintain sufficient funds to keep them open, as the margin level of your account may temporarily drop.
A Buy position will receive a NEGATIVE ADJUSTMENT when the new contract is trading at a higher rate and a POSITIVE ADJUSTMENT when the new contract is trading at a lower rate.
A Sell position will receive a POSITIVE ADJUSTMENT when the new contract is trading at a higher rate and a NEGATIVE ADJUSTMENT when the new contract is trading at a lower rate.
A Sell position will receive a POSITIVE ADJUSTMENT when the new contract is trading at a higher rate and a NEGATIVE ADJUSTMENT when the new contract is trading at a lower rate.
Examples
Rollover examples
Rollover for a buy position on BUND
Imagine you have a Buy position of 1 contract of Bund. The contract is set to automatically roll over on the 28th of December at 21:30 UTC. The current Sell rate is at 120. The Sell rate for the upcoming futures contract is 121.5 (i.e. 1.5 euros higher)
During the rollover, an adjustment will be deducted from your position to ensure your equity remains the same.
The adjustment for the Buy position = [(Currenct contract rate - New contract rate) * (Number of contracts) * (Point Value)] = (-€1.5 * 1 * 1000) = -€1500
In other words, your open position will receive a negative adjustment of €1,500.
Rollover for a sell position on TNOTE
Imagine you have a Buy position of 1 contract of TNOTE. The contract is set to automatically roll over on the 17th of January at 23:20 UTC. The current Sell rate is at 107. The Sell rate for the upcoming futures contract is 110 (i.e. 3 dollars higher).
During the rollover, an adjustment will be added to your position to ensure your equity remains the same.
The adjustment for the Buy position = [(Currenct contract rate - New contract rate) * (Number of contracts) * (Point Value)] = ($3 * 1 * 1000) = $3,000.
In other words, your open position will receive a positive adjustment of $3,000.
Examples
Where can the rollover details be found?
You can find information regarding an instrument’s rollover by:
signing up/logging in to your account
searching for a futures contract CFD
going to the instrument’s "symbol information" to see the upcoming rollover date
Dates
Rollover dates
For an up-to-date list of CFD symbols with futures-based underlying, along with their respective rollover dates, please refer to our rollover table.
