Australian & NZ Electricity and Gas derivatives

Manage risk or gain exposure to key energy markets in Australia and New Zealand

Coming soon: ASX Wallumbilla Natural Gas Futures to go live on 19 August 2024

The Wallumbilla Natural Gas Futures contract has been developed in conjunction with the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) and is designed to support Australia’s east coast gas market by providing a transparent forward price curve out to 3 years. The contract will also help to improve liquidity in the Gas Supply Hub (GSH) and provide an additional hedging tool that allows gas market participants to efficiently manage their risk.

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ASX Commodity Derivatives

Seek to hedge your market exposure and secure cash flow in a volatile world by trading ASX energy derivatives. As renewable energy technologies develop, energy derivatives are critical to helping companies manage complex risks. Trading derivatives on ASX24 is standardised, regulated, liquid and transparent.

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Net-zero transition unlocks opportunities in Australia's growing energy markets

The move towards net zero has transformed Australia's power generational mix, creating new possibilities. To support this transition, ASX is looking to expand it's range of derivatives to help companies.

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Australian Electricity Market Review - FY24

The shift to renewable generation is driving changes in market behaviours. Electricity futures provide price transparency, reduced counterparty credit risk and a unique trading opportunity with robust liquidity and contracts that are uncorrelated to other financial markets.

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Electricity

Futures and options providing exposure to key nodes in the Australian and New Zealand electricity markets.

Fact Sheet - Australian Electricity

Fact sheet - New Zealand Energy

Gas

Natural gas futures providing exposure to prices at Australian gas hubs in Victoria and Queensland.

Fact sheet - Australian Gas

NZ Energy Trader Forum

ASX is committed to the New Zealand electricity market by continuing to support the Energy Trading Forum. ASX has over 80 energy futures and options contracts to support participants who are managing newer and more complex risks than ever before.

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Introductory energy training videos

Market maker arrangements

ASX offers market making incentives to promote liquidity in the Australian and New Zealand Electricity Futures markets, in the form of a share of a revenue pool.

Visit the ASX energy hub

A dedicated site for energy traders, the ASX Energy hub has market data, trading essentials, news updates and more.

Subscribe to a data package

A subscription to the ASX Energy Data Centre gives you instant online access to comprehensive futures and options market data, including volume, open interest and a full trade log.

ASX ELECTRICITY FUTURES AND OPTIONS CONTRACTS – DAILY SETTLEMENT PRICE METHODOLOGY

Methodology used to calculate the Daily Settlement Price for all ASX Electricity Futures Contracts.

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A complete list of market participants.

ASX Clear (Futures) Margin Simulator

Quick guide to accessing the web based system that provides initial margin simulation capabilities across cleared and custom Exchange Traded Derivative (ETD) and Over the Counter (OTC) portfolios.

PDF - 7MB