# Applied Derivatives

> Applied Derivatives is an independent, fully regulated member of the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa, established in 2002. The firm is an access point to South African listed-derivative markets (SAFEX) for South African and international clients, offering execution, financing, and hedging across grain, foreign exchange, and equity derivatives — backed by purpose-built machine-learning grain analytics.

## What Applied Derivatives does

- **SAFEX commodities**: white maize, yellow maize, wheat, sunflower, and soya — futures and options on the JSE/SAFEX.
- **Foreign exchange**: spot, forwards, and structured cover on the rand/dollar (USD/ZAR) and major crosses.
- **JSE equity derivatives**: single-stock futures, index futures and options, financed equity exposure.
- **Hedging programmes**: phased pricing and options structures for grain producers, mills, and feed manufacturers, designed around delivery point, transport, and storage.
- **Online trading**: clients trade through the Trading Technologies (TT) platform or Swordfish Online — live SAFEX pricing and single-click self-execution, included with every account. Applied Derivatives was the first South African broker to distribute the TT platform.
- **Analytics**: hub-level yield forecasts, supply/demand projections, real-time import/export parity, and trading-regime detection.
- **THE SILO client portal**: every account-holder gets THE SILO at https://app.derivative.co.za — the delayed SAFEX board, own-account positions and running P/L, spreads with price history, import and export parity for white and yellow maize, desk-filtered market news and weather, in English or Afrikaans, behind a WhatsApp one-time-PIN login. The desk's real-time analytics stay on the desk; the portal shows clients the market and their own position.

## Key pages

- [SAFEX contract specifications](https://derivative.co.za/safex-contract-specifications.html) — contract sizes, tick values, delivery months, daily limits and expiry rules for every SAFEX grain future and option.
- [SAFEX grain settlement prices](https://derivative.co.za/safex-prices.html) — daily JSE/SAFEX settlement prices in rand per tonne for white maize, yellow maize, wheat, sunflower and soya futures, with day-on-day moves. Updated after each close.
- [SAFEX trading calendar](https://derivative.co.za/safex-trading-calendar.html) — expiry, option expiry, first notice and delivery dates for every grain contract month through 2028.
- [SAFEX glossary](https://derivative.co.za/safex-glossary.html) — plain-English definitions of South African grain-derivative terms: futures, options, mark-to-market, margin, basis, import and export parity, silo receipts, SAGIS and the CEC.
- [Currency derivatives specifications](https://derivative.co.za/currency-derivatives-specifications.html) — contract sizes, tick values, expiry rules and any-day contracts for the ten listed rand currency pairs.
- [Equity derivatives specifications](https://derivative.co.za/equity-derivatives-specifications.html) — index futures on the Top 40, single stock futures and dividend futures.
- [Trading Technologies on SAFEX](https://derivative.co.za/trading-technologies-safex.html) — institutional-grade execution on the JSE derivatives market; Applied Derivatives was the first South African broker to distribute the TT platform.
- [THE SILO — client portal](https://derivative.co.za/the-silo.html) — what the Applied Derivatives client portal shows, how the WhatsApp login works, and how to get access.
- [Add THE SILO to your home screen](https://derivative.co.za/the-silo-install.html) — one-minute steps, in English and Afrikaans, to install the client portal on an iPhone, Android phone or computer; it runs in the browser, so there is nothing to download from an app store.
- [Market insights](https://derivative.co.za/insights/) — the desk's weekly note on South African grains: the SAGIS week, CEC releases, and the SAFEX move relative to export parity, plus global grains, softs, energy, freight and metals.
- [Atom feed](https://derivative.co.za/feed.xml) — machine-readable full-text feed of the weekly grain notes.
- [Home](https://derivative.co.za/) — firm overview, markets covered, services, and the daily settlement board.

## Key facts

- Independent JSE member since 2002.
- Regulated member of the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa.
- Serves South African and international clients.
- Headquartered in Cape Town, with regional presence in Harrismith and Stellenbosch.
- Contact: info@derivative.co.za · +27 21 439 3965 · WhatsApp https://wa.me/15558256155 · https://derivative.co.za

## How to engage

To trade SAFEX, hedge grain price risk, or access South African derivative markets, open a trading account with Applied Derivatives. Account opening is a regulated KYC process; once approved, clients self-execute online via the Trading Technologies platform or Swordfish Online, or trade through the dealing desk.