Future trading is one of the last ways to become a multi-millionaire from almost nothing. On this planet at least. With future trading, you can pit your trading skill against the best in the world - and generate wealth in the process.

We’re here to help you with this quest by giving you direct market access to the whole of the South African Futures market – Financial as well as Agricultural. We don’t just love what we do - we do it expertly and inexpensively by offering you the following:

One point per contract

Your brokerage cost is only one point on all Safex contracts in the Financial and Agricultural markets. On Single Stock futures, the minimum fee per deal is only R50.00 plus VAT. This is such good value for money that we suspect, nay know, that you will have difficulty finding another broker willing to match it rand for rand.

Free Online Trading Software (OTS)

The Online Trading Software, called Swordfish, that we supply, at no monthly cost to you, is a completely up-to-date, modern piece of software running on the .Net framework. You get a complete picture of market depth as well as access to all other information on the different products offered by Safex - including all the shares traded on the JSE. Information made available to the professionals, is made available to you.

From this fortuitous position, you are able to execute trades directly into the market. You do it right from your computer, over the Internet. You can place triggered orders that will enter your trade when a certain price level is reached, and you can execute a stop.

It doesn’t end there. This is Future trading, the realm of infinite possibility. With our OTS, you are able to trade the Financial market (i.e. Alsi Index) and the Agri market (i.e. Wmaz or Wheat) and Single Stock Futures, all with the same program. DWT’s unparalleled positioning in South Africa gives you access to all these markets simultaneously. Our superior product allows you to have all the different market depths of the various products open at once on your screen. You can also move some of them to a second screen or arrange the different parts exactly as you prefer, as well as make any desired changes to the fonts.

The benefits of Swordfish are enormous. You can open multiple accounts and trade them all from the same platform, which is particularly handy if you want to trade multiple strategies or trade an account on behalf of a friend or family member.

If you have open positions, you can keep track of your profit or loss live via Swordfish, as the market moves. This works brilliantly if you have multiple positions open in different products.

The Swordfish software is written to use bandwidth as efficiently as possible. A very small fraction of your monthly ADSL cap is needed to have it live for nine hours a day.

No risk test

Open yourself to a world of limitless possibilities today. Request a username and password and download the trading software. Fill in your details to the right and test it risk-free at no cost to yourself, before you open an account. Feel free to use a dummy name and the email account you use for spam (something we will never send you.)

Trading Data

Swordfish gives you live graphs on all instruments, with the most popular indicators included. You get intraday history for the last 8 weeks as well as daily graphs with historical data going back a few years. Open as many graphs as you need in different timeframes on the same instrument. We have found that the graphs and data supplied within Swordfish are sufficient for most of our clients’ trading needs.

Transaction history

A complete history of all your trades since day one is made available on the Web. Use your OTS username and password for access. Download it in Excel Worksheet format and perform all the statistical work you want on your trading history.

Daily market-to-market reports are mailed to you early every morning, with a monthly statement summarising your trading outcomes for the month.

Stable Internet Connection

We’re committed to making your connection to our trading servers as stable and fast as possible. Our servers are physically located in the same building as Safex and the JSE, and are connected to Safex and JSE computers via high-speed optical fibre cables. Our office may be in Cape Town, but you get to connect directly to Safex and the JSE through the internet from wherever you are. Download the trading software and request a username and password today. Put our internet connection stability and speed to the test.

Dealing Room

When those inevitable Internet glitches happen, you can have complete peace of mind. We are a phone call away to execute your trading orders for you.

Opening an account

To open an account, download the Safex contract, print it, complete and sign it by following the instructions given, and then give us a call. We will send our courier to pick it up from you.

Download the trading software and install it on your computer. Once we have opened your account (which will take approximately 24 hours) we will contact you with your account number and password.

Dealing by telephone

We regret that we do not offer dealing by telephone. Our trading product is purely internet-based. But be assured that in an emergency we are always here to help.

Still undecided?

Still DWT-shy? Still unconvinced this is the place for you? Trading is our passion and we count among our clients very knowledgeable and profitable traders. This client base is missing only one thing – you.