eMIDAS Reporting Software

As well as providing and supporting a suite of cutting-edge trading platforms, MF Global Markets also offers reporting technology software to all clients. MF Global Markets clients access their up-to-date accounts and settlements information online by securely logging into eMIDAS via the MF Global Markets website.

This site gives users the ability to view and print their account information and to format data for automatic downloading to their selected spreadsheet, database or other programme. Flexibility is a key feature, with the ability to interrogate the database to create user-specific customised downloads.

Information Available Includes:

• Daily or monthly statements
• Equity runs
• Open-positions summary
• Account balances
• Purchase and sales summary
• Account-postings summary
• Customised reports
• Electronic daily account statements

Daily account statements are also sent electronically at the beginning of each trading day.

Using eMIDAS

After successfully logging on to the MF Global eMIDAS web site you will be presented with the following screen : Click here to view screenshot

Exploring eMIDAS

To explore and use the facilities of eMIDAS you will need to click on the various options on the Toolbar at the top of the screen and ‘drill down’ to the functions underlying these headings. It must be emphasised that this product is being continually updated and enhancements are planned for the future. Updated bulletins will be issued when major new functionality is added.

eMIDAS

This provides a link to our associated site – www.mfglobal.com
Here you will find information on the company which we hope will be of interest to you.
Please log in and look around, using your normal Internet browser functionality.

Reports

This enables you to view your Daily and Monthly Statements.

Click on ‘Reports’ on the main toolbar and the following screen will unfold : Click here to view screenshot

Click on “COB Statements” or “Month-End Statements” and proceed as follows: Click here to view screenshot

By default the statement for the previous day will viewable. To select any other day go to the calendar and ‘click’ on the day that you require. You may also go back to previous months by using this calendar. This screen lists all the accounts that you are permitted to view. You may chose to look at the statements for all the accounts, or for various accounts only. You may also choose how to view the accounts selected. To select the account statements that you wish to view ‘click’ on the button to the right of the various account. If you wish to view ALL the accounts on the page click on the relevant button (Under Account Selection).

Click on the relevant button at the top of the frame to select your Report format:

• Create Adobe PDF file. (This is the preferred means for sending the statement to your printer).
• Create html file.
• Create Text file.

When both the account and the Report format have been chosen your statement will be generated. If you have chosen the ‘PDF’ option you will be further prompted to get the ‘Adobe’ reader. Follow the instructions on the screen.

To exit this screen either ‘click’ on the ‘COB Statement’ on the left of the screen, or on the ‘Close’ button at the very top right of the screen.

To obtain ‘Month End Statements’ , just click on this and follow the same procedures as for the daily COB Statement.

F&O / CFD

This is a listing of your ‘Open positions’ and positions which have not yet been closed out.

Click on ‘F&O / CFD’ on the main toolbar and a new screen will appear.
On the new left hand toolbar ‘click’ on ‘Open Positions’ and a listing of your NET open positions will appear.

click here to view screenshot To view the next account (if you are able to view more than one) use the ‘Scroll Down’ bar on the right of the screen. This screen shows the following information:

• Inst- This is the MF Global Instrument code
• Description- This is the full title or description of the Instrument.
• Market- MF Global code for the market on which the Instrument is traded.
• Currency- The currency of the Instrument. SWIFT codes are used.
• Opens- This is the NET open position for the particular prompt date. See below.
• Trade- type Distinguishes between Futures and Options
• Prompt- Prompt or Delivery date.
• Strike- Strike or Series price for Options.

To view the detailed open position, including Closing price, Margins etc, position your cursor over one of the open position lines. That line will now be highlighted in yellow.

Click on the line highlighted, and the detailed open position, trade by trade, will be shown.

This process may be repeated for every line in the Open Position summary. To exit this screen, click on the toolbar on the left of the screen.

The ‘Trade Summary‘ selection is a listing of all the trades that were traded on the previous day.

Tools

This enables you to check all the accounts which you have been set up to view, and also to Change your password.

We recommend you change your password on a regular basis, but please remember that passwords are ‘Case sensitive’ when logging on. For instance if your password was London, then london or LONDON or LonDon will not work. You are allowed 3 attempts to log on correctly, after which your account is locked for Security purposes. To re-enable your account please contact your normal Account Executive who will initiate the process.