Australian investors hungry for global stocks will have local trading access to tech giant Apple, and as many as 30 US names by mid 2019, as Chi-X Australia pushes the green light on a project that involved three years of planning.

The Apple trading will be available through "transferable custody receipts" (TraCRs) from Thursday. They are a new product which facilitates the trading of stocks like Apple in Australian dollars and on the Chi-X local exchange.