THE HEDGESTREET EXCHANGE INTRODUCES NEW "BUNGEE" CONTRACT
- HedgeStreet Continues to Add Structured, Limited Risk Products -

CHICAGO, January 5, 2009 - HedgeStreet.com, the first regulated, retail-focused futures exchange in the US for online binary options trading, announced that as of today, they will be offering a new type of contract: limited risk futures, or Bungee contracts. In an era where full disclosure is especially valuable to Americans, HedgeStreet.com continues to offer traders complete transparency through its product offering. These contracts will be available to trade side-by-side on the same underlying assets as HedgeStreet's already popular binary contracts, including energy futures (crude oil, natural gas, and Rbob gas), currencies (EUR, GBP, CAD, CHF, YEN), metal futures (gold, silver, copper) and equity index futures (Germany 30 and FTSE 100).

Bungees are cash-settled contracts that offer traders a variable payout structure and limited risk exposure by limiting the value of each contract at the upper and lower ends of each Bungee's range if the value of the underlying moves above the cap or below the floor. A trader's potential loss will not exceed the amount invested, and the potential gain is limited by the contract's cap (for buyers) or floor (for sellers).

Like a traditional futures contract, Bungee contracts are sold if the trader expects the price to fall, or bought if it's expected to rise. Traders gain or lose depending on how much the underlying price goes up or down. These contracts have total values of between $100 and $500, depending on the contract's range and tick value. Likewise, the gain or loss per tick varies depending on the contract, but ranges from $.01 to $1.00.

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