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Narrator: Looking to potentially diversify your portfolio, gain exposure to new markets, hedge against rising commodity prices, and manage risk? Eligible Schwab accounts can enable you to explore futures trading. Those eligible brokerage accounts include individual, joint and certain IRA, trust, and organizational accounts, and one is required to apply for a futures account. To get started, navigate to Trade, and select Futures.
Trade, then Futures is selected.
Narrator: If your account is not eligible for a futures account, you'll see a message indicating this information on the futures page. Next, select Open a Futures Account.
Open a Futures Account is selected.
Narrator: Here you'll be prompted to complete the futures application form. Carefully enter the required information and review the form before submitting.
Disclosures appear and Submit is selected.
Narrator: To access futures trading if you are approved, navigate to Trade and select thinkorswim®.
Trade, then thinkorswim is selected.
Narrator: Please note that thinkorswim isn’t available until after you’ve enabled your brokerage account for thinkorswim trading. If you don’t have an eligible account for futures trading, you’ll see a message under Getting started that says you don’t have access. In that case, select the link to Open a new brokerage account.
Open is selected.
Narrator: Once the brokerage account is opened, return to the futures page by navigating to Trade, then selecting Futures.
Trade, then Futures is selected.
Narrator: Select the new account, then select Open a Futures Account.
The new account is selected, then Open a Futures Account is clicked.
Narrator: Complete the futures application form, and carefully review the form before submitting.
Disclosures appear and Submit is selected.
Narrator: Completing a futures application does not guarantee that the account will be approved for futures trading.
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