Demand Derivatives's original offering opened on May 5, 2020 and was completed on June 22, 2021. Except for the Updates section which may contain more recent information, the information on this page was accurate as of June 22, 2021.
The company plans to use its four unique instrument designs, pioneering blockchain technology, instant clearing, and default-free, fully collateralized positions to create a significant competitive challenge to existing exchanges and clearing houses.
“As a three-time successful entrepreneur and a new venture capitalist, I believe there are only a rare handful of truly great opportunities, like Facebook, that many VCs nonetheless allow to pass by, refusing to recognize them for the golden nuggets they are. With almost 20 years as an entrepreneur and one year as a VC, I strongly believe that Demand Derivatives has more than the potential to become one of these, and fast.”
“RealBOT and RealClear are simply the smartest things to hit the financial markets since the invention of derivatives. They’ve been developed and perfected by a few brilliant people over some ten years and I’m thrilled to be an investor now that their operations are soon to go live.”
“The risk limiting concept has the potential to really benefit the markets. I do think this will transform the retail, derivative risk-taking markets due to their superior design.”
“Demand Derivatives is always on the cutting edge of developing new derivative products that can be used for both trading or hedging. By listing them on regulated markets, they will offer transparency and a reduction of transaction costs.”
“As our global financial markets continue to evolve, now is the time for systematic risk management and stable clearing house solutions. Creation of product and services designed for the future will become more important than ever, and Demand Derivatives is at the forefront of these solutions.”
“The highly experienced team at Demand Derivatives is going to transform the business of risk management and ultimately the control of large risks in the economic fabric of society. The CEO, Robert Krause, has been at the forefront of risk concepts and risk mitigation for decades. We were thrilled when, last year, he agreed to serve on Brandywine’s advisory board.”
“Demand Derivatives is building the futures exchange of the future!”
“Demand Derivatives is a groundbreaking futures exchange and clearing house project the need for which is greater than ever before. The market needs products that reduce not only risk but also costs. Demand Derivatives instruments solve this in a way that current futures contracts do not.”
Exchange-traded derivatives are on a collision course with destiny. The financial system must still obey the immutable law of risk vs. reward. On a macro scale, there have been many instances where the global financial system has been stressed to the point of collapse. On a micro scale, costs are very high and few options exist for participants to control risk.
Because of the near monopolies in this industry, exchanges and clearing houses seem to be concerned only with extracting higher and higher fees from the trading community.
The risk to investors can be great in the current system. Here is an article explaining how a trader with $77k in his account lost $9 million trading futures. This is a huge problem in our industry.
One Trader Started The Day With $77,000 In His Account; By The End He Owed $9 Million – ZeroHedge
We have created our exchange, through the novel design of our contracts, so that investors should be protected from loss beyond their predefined tolerance.
Demand Derivatives plans to provide much-needed competition in this industry. It expects to break through those near monopolies by offering better products (optimized instrument designs) at lower costs (fee savings of 50% to 90%) with reduced risk (user-selected risk levels) and greater precision (exact close-to-close exposure possible).
We plan to accomplish this by launching a U.S.-regulated futures exchange and clearing house. The key to its success will be four innovative instrument designs, fully collateralized positions, and blockchain clearing on six key underlying assets.
The risk is limited because of the instrument design attributable primarily to the RealLimit concept. This means that all positions on the exchange have limited risk, or in industry parlance are said to be “fully collateralized.” Traders will not be forced to deposit additional money into their account (as is possible with adverse moves in current futures contracts). The financial system (i.e., brokers, and clearing firms) will no longer have risk to rogue traders, improper risk controls, or just extremely volatile markets.
Because traders have different risk tolerances, the exchange plans to offer three risk levels, with more possible.
Because fully collateralized positions are dramatically easier to clear, internal costs to the clearing house can be substantially reduced as follows:
One phenomenon in markets is an attempt by market participants to execute at the close. Only one trader can be the last one of the day, so it is nearly impossible to “get the closing price” each day unless one is very lucky. Our process essentially guarantees execution on the close if desired.
One of the biggest challenges to starting a new marketplace is building volume to critical mass — the classic “chicken or egg” problem. Our team recently had a major breakthrough — a new process called “Perfect Execution at Settlement” (PEAS). This process is expected to attract volume without liquidity, making it easier to achieve critical mass. In addition, our new market microstructure process encourages volume at the best bid and offer prices.
Demand Derivatives plans to clear using a private blockchain (i.e., non-distributed ledger). In other words, we are using blockchain format in a simple ledger. This allows us to benefit from the technology (immutable record of trades and to eliminate the need for cash transactions) and not the drawbacks (hackable and slow speeds). In addition, if in the future, there is a need or desire to distribute the ledger, we won’t have to revamp the clearing process, just simply distribute the ledger — potentially saving conversion costs down the line.
Note: to clarify, Demand Derivatives has no plans to compete in the cryptocurrency space. There are currently hundreds of crypto exchanges. Our business model is to compete using cutting edge technology, novel instrument designs, and a streamlined clearing house to add to global volumes or usurp volumes from existing exchanges in the world’s key global assets.
Note that exchanges have the highest profit margins of any business we know. The next graphic shows the operating profit margin compared with data vendors and investment banks.
$10 trillion trades each day globally. The CME commands a near monopoly in the U.S. with 91% of U.S. futures trading.
The OCC has a true monopoly clearing 100% of U.S. securities-options volume.
1/2 million VIX® futures and options trade each day.
84 million options trade each day on global exchanges.
74 million equity index futures and options trade each day worldwide.
101 million futures contracts trade each day at all exchanges.
Note: We are competing on ASSETS (i.e., gold, crude, corn, etc.). However, we are not competing on INSTRUMENTS (volatility, daily options, international indices, and limited risk futures). Our proprietary, patent pending instrument designs are not available on CME or ICE. Therefore, if one looks at assets, we realistically have one or maybe two competitors. If one looks at instruments, we have no competitors.
There are seven senior team members with an aggregate of 200 years of derivatives market experience. Experiences include the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, investment banking, exchange marketing and operations, CEO of a foreign exchange, CFTC, NASD, and in-house counsel at several financial conglomerates.
Detailed bios can be found here https://www.demandderivatives.com/our-team
If the offering's maximum Reg CF allocation of $1,069,995 is raised:
| Use | Value | % of Proceeds |
|---|---|---|
| Intermediary fees | $52,430 | 4.9% |
If the offering's maximum amount of $7,069,995 across Reg. CF and Reg. D is raised:
| Use | Value | % of Proceeds |
|---|---|---|
| Regulatory | $250,000 | 3.5% |
| Technology (initial) | $500,000 | 7.1% |
| Technology (testing) | $500,000 | 7.1% |
| IP | $250,000 | 3.5% |
| Marketing | $1,000,000 | 14.1% |
| Accounting | $75,000 | 1.1% |
| Miscellaneous | $248,565 | 3.5% |
| Legacy | $300,000 | 4.2% |
| Salaries | $1,600,000 | 22.6% |
| CFTC Capital Reserve Requirment (estimated) | $2,000,000 | 28.3% |
| Unallocated Funds | $0 | less than 0.1% |
| Intermediary fees | $346,430 | 4.9% |
This is a side-by-side offering of Common Stock, under registration exemptions 4(a)(6) and 506(c), in Demand Derivatives Corp.. Up to $1,069,995 may be raised under the 4(a)(6) exemption. Netcapital will determine which exemption applies to your investment and notify you before you complete your investment.
The amount raised under the two exemptions must total at least $10,000 by June 22, 2021 at 12:59am ET. If the total doesn’t reach its target, then your money will be refunded. Demand Derivatives may issue additional securities to raise up to $7,069,995, the offering’s maximum.
If the side-by-side offering is successful at raising the maximum amount, then the company’s implied valuation after the offering (sometimes called its post-money valuation) will be:
These financial statements have been reviewed by an independent Certified Public Accountant.
The Offering Statement is a formal description of the company and this transaction. It’s filed with the SEC to comply with the requirements of exemptions 4(a)(6) and 506(c) of the Securities Act of 1933. Similar information is sometimes offered in a Private Placement Memorandum for 506(c) offerings.
We’re also required to share links to each of the SEC filings related to this side-by-side offering with investors.
Be sure to understand the risks of this type of investment. No regulatory body (not the SEC, not any state regulator) has passed upon the merits of or given its approval to the securities, the terms of the offering, or the accuracy or completeness of any offering materials or information posted herein. That’s typical for Regulation CF offerings like this one.
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The information contained herein includes forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or to future financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, that may cause actual results to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements since they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, which are, in some cases, beyond the company’s control and which could, and likely will, materially affect actual results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements. Any forward-looking statement reflects the current views with respect to future events and is subject to these and other risks, uncertainties, and assumptions relating to operations, results of operations, growth strategy, and liquidity. No obligation exists to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.
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