emidas Users Brochure

Introduction

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What is eMIDAS?

3

Welcome Letter

4

Login Page

5

Reports

6 - 8

Daily & Monthly Statements

9

Query

10-12

Snapshots

13

Tools

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Table of Contents

The MF Global eMIDAS platform provides

clients with a secure, online connection to

view and manage their trading account

information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Through a web browser, users are able to view

or download account information such as daily

or monthly statements, equity runs, open

positions, cash information and purchases

and sales. Flexibility is a key feature of the

system with the ability to query the database

to create user-specific customized reports.

Key Features

eMIDAS provides clients access to post-execution trading activity information in many formats:

Snapshots: Users can view and print their account information and the latest trading activity. Information is updated intra-day.

Reports: User-specific customized reports – including all previous day trade activity and historical statement information – can be created and downloaded to a spreadsheet, database or other program.

Queries: Owners and managers of multiple accounts can use the program’s powerful inquiry function to sort data by field for completely customized viewing or real-time trade matching. Announcements: eMIDAS is also a source for the latest announcements from MF Global.

Tools: eMIDAS sessions are customizable according to a user’s

preferences and needs.

Reports

Reports available to view and download include: • Daily or monthly statements

• Equity runs

• Open positions summary showing dates of each individual trade

• Cash information

• Purchase and sales summary

Introduction

What is eMIDAS?

eMIDAS is a web-based application that provides online information about a customer account 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from any computer with access to the Internet. eMIDAS features include reports on all previous day trade activity, queries which organize account data into customized reports, snapshots allowing quick and easy access to top day account information and tools to customize a user’s eMIDAS session.

Key Features:

• previous day trade activity in report form

• the latest announcements from MF Global

• historical data such as prior daily and monthly statements

• expansive querying to customize data

• top day snapshots for the latest account activity

• tools to help organize and customize the user’s eMIDAS session

Easy navigation between report, query, snapshot, and tool selections

Announcements from MF Global

Welcome Letter

A welcome letter is sent via email to the customer after permission is given to view an account and the user is set up by Client Services. (Note: To request eMIDAS please email [email protected].) The welcome email includes a user ID, temporary password and a link to the eMIDAS login page.

User ID and temporary password are included in the welcome letter

Link to eMIDAS login page is included for quick access

Login Page - https://www.emidas.com

Enter user ID and password provided in the welcome letter

Users are prompted to change the temporary password at the first log in and then every 90 days after that

Reports

The eMIDAS Reports function allows access to reports that are produced by MF Global with the ability to either view them online or download them in text or PDF

file formats.

• Dailystatements are available for the life of the account. Monthly statements are available for the life of active accounts (note: monthly statements are only

available for inactive accounts quarterly). Equity runs and all other daily account reports are available for 180 business days.

• The calendar allows access to historical reports by selecting specific dates. There are both a daily reports selection calendar and a monthly statement selection calendar (see screen shots below.)

View reports or download reports as text or PDF files

Available accounts are listed; be sure to check the appropriate box and click “Process” to view a specific report

Reports

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Equity runs are available every business day for all funded accounts

Monthly statements are available for accounts that were active that month or quarterly for inactive accounts. If the account is not funded, no monthly statement is available. Statements are only available for

accounts that were active the previous day

Reports

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Statements

- Daily account statements that include confirmations from previous day trades, open positions, purchase and sale, and account balances.

Equity Run

- Reports profit and loss for the day’s trading activity. Includes all active and inactive accounts.

Monthly Statement

- Summarizes trading activity for the entire month. Includes P&L totals for the month and year to date.

Delivery Positions

- Lists all open positions with a delivery month that corresponds to the current month.

Daily Margin Call

- Includes initial margin requirement, total equity, and outstanding call.

Last Trading Day

- Displays the last trade date by commodity for options and futures.

1099 Statements

- Provides previous year 1099 statements for tax purposes.

AM Checkout

- Confirms the previous day’s trades by account, including price.

Sales Recap Totals

- Recaps totals by account in fees.

T-Bill Report

- Lists all accounts that include T-Bills.

Expiring Options

- Lists all open position options nearing expiration.

Daily Statements

Confirms previous day activity

Open trades

Account balances

Monthly Statements

Query

The eMIDAS query function provides enhanced reporting capability that allows the user to select the appropriate data set (i.e., balances, trades, cash) in order to create customized reports for historical or top day activity. The design process is both user friendly and flexible providing a series of tab controls that allow the user to specify exactly what accounts and fields should be included in the query. The user has the option to add data filters, choose a sort filter and save the custom query (shown on the next page). Below is an example of the balances query after it has been customized and run.

View query online (shown here) or export to Excel by

downloading in text format

Query Set Up

Customize query by selecting appropriate tabs

Run customized query and/or save query for future use

Queries Available

Balances

Information related to monies in account including open trade equity and

account balance

Trades - Top Day

Top day trade information

Trades

Previous day trade information

Cash - Top Day

Top day cash postings

Cash

Previous day cash postings

Adjustments - Top Day

Top day adjustments made in the account to any open positions

Adjustments

Previous day adjustments made in the account to any open positions

Purchase and Sales

Detail of bought and sold trades and the resulting profit or loss from each closed out transaction as of the selected processing date

Trade 30

Trades made in the account during the selected month

Net Positions

Top day and prior day open positions netted by product - a fixed format query which only requires account selection

Note: To gain access to any queries not available on your eMIDAS session, please email [email protected]. The table below provides a brief summary of the eMIDAS queries available:

Snapshots

The eMIDAS snapshots function provides an onscreen view of the user’s trading account status utilizing data from the previous business day’s activity, as well as top day information.

The following table provides a brief summary of the eMIDAS snapshots available: Enter last five digits of

account number

Customer Inquiry

Basic account information, name, address, related accounts, phone number, etc.

Account Inquiry

Basic balance information including beginning balance, open trade equity, total

equity, liquidated value, margin excess, etc.

Net Positions

Summary of all top day and prior day open positions netted by product and sorted by exchange and product

Detail Position

List of positions by account number which includes trade date and market value (note: last reported market price will appear if cursor is placed on trade price)

Tools

Note

: To gain access to any tools not available on your eMIDAS session, please email [email protected].

This section allows the user to customize their eMIDAS session

Preferences

- Provides the ability to change the menu level options for eMIDAS session (i.e., choose the number of accounts that are shown per page).

View Accounts

- Displays a list of all accounts that the user has been authorized to access. This list includes account number and name.

Business Unit

- Allows the user to organize accounts into groups for better management.

Change Password

- Allows the user to reset password.

Take Advantage of eMIDAS Today!

• Taking advantage of eMIDAS will give you access to all post-execution trading activity in several formats.

• There are also great resources available to help the user learn how to navigate eMIDAS and get acquainted with the statement and equity run. To access these resources, please click “Help” at the upper right corner of the application.

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