Since 1980, Zaner offers global futures expertise and brokerage services to traders worldwide. It covers markets like futures, commodities, metals, energies and the Forex markets.
Located in Chicago with affiliates across the globe, Zaner offers a variety of trading accounts to all types of traders: individual, joint, partnership, LLC, corporate, trust, retirement or power of attorney.
Covering various global markets, Zaner specializes in certain niches like the Ag Hedging or Energies Hedging. Also, when compared with other brokers, it offers a wide selection of trading platforms to use, each with dedicated features for specific markets.
Zaner excels in risk management services. Its advisory for the agricultural supply chain stretches from grain and livestock producers to ethanol and alternative energy plants. It strives to explain the entire hedging process to each individual customer so that there’s a clear understanding of how Zaner Ag Hedging helps to mitigate the business risk.
The energies services arm addresses a broad range of clients from drillers and extractors to airlines, energy customers, importers/exporters, refineries or retail outlets. The focus is to reduce the downside price risk while leaving the upside potential intact.
Having renowned clearing firms as strategic partners, Zaner offers its services through a wide range of trading platforms. From eSignal to MetaTrader4 or from Zaner DayTrader to Currenex, there’s a trading platform for all types of investors.
Because overnight margins are set by exchanges, Zaner requires the exchange minimum margins. Moreover, the day trading margin is $500 and 50% of overnight margin.
A broker specialized in futures and Forex markets only, Zaner has been in the commodity brokerage business for over forty years. All futures accounts with Zaner benefit from the protection of segregated accounts as stated by the NFA.
