Margin Requirements

Below are the exchange minimum margin requirements for select contracts. Day trading margins are generally much lower than the posted margins. Please note that the margin requirements are subject to change without notice.

Futures Contract Exchange Symbol Initial Margin Maintenance Margin
 
Australian Dollar (Pit) CME AD 3780 2800
British Pound (Pit) CME BP 2025 1500
Canadian Dollar (Pit) CME CD 2295 1700
CCI Index ICE CI 8305 7550
Cocoa ICE CC 1980 1800
Coffee C ICE @KC 3905 3550
Coffee C (Pit) ICE KC 3905 3550
Corn CBOT C 2363 1750
Cotton ICE @CT 3300 3000
Cotton (Pit) ICE CT 3300 3000
Crude Oil (e-miNY) NYMEX QM 3274 2425
Crude Oil (Pit) NYMEX CL 6548 4850
Dollar Index ICE DX 1254 1140
Dow Jones CBOT DJ 7500 6000
E-Micro AUD/USD CME M6A 378 280
E-Micro CAD/USD CME MCD 230 170
E-Micro CHF/USD CME MSF 729 540
E-Micro EUR/USD CME M6E 540 400
E-Micro GBP/USD CME M6B 203 150
E-micro Gold CME MGC 1013 750
E-micro JPY/USD CME MJY 486 360
E-Mini Copper CME QC 3375 2500
E-Mini NASDAQ 100 CME NQ 3500 2800
E-Mini S&P 500 CME ES 5000 4000
Euro Currency (Pit) CME EC 5400 4000
Eurodollar (Pit) CME ED 439 325
Federal Funds (Pit) CBOT FF 540 400
Feeder Cattle CME FC 2025 1500
Gold (NYL) NYSE LIFFE ZG 8499 8499
Gold (Pit) COMEX GC 10125 7500
Goldman Sachs Index CME GI 10500 7000
Heating Oil (Pit) NYMEX HO 7155 5300
High Grade Copper COMEX HG 6750 5000
Japanese Yen (Pit) CME JY 4860 3600
Kansas City Wheat KCBOT KW 3125 2500
Lean Hogs CME LH 1688 1250
Live Cattle CME LC 1620 1200
Lumber CME LB 2250 1500
Milk (Class III) CME DC 2025 1500
Mini Corn CBOT YC 473 350
Mini Dow Jones CBOT YM 3750 3000
Mini Gold NYSE LIFFE YG 2833 2833
Mini Russell 2000 ICE TF 7535 6850
Mini Silver NYSE LIFFE YI 3700 3700
Mini Soybeans CBOT YK 675 500
Mini Wheat CBOT YW 608 450
miNY Gold (COMEX) CME QO 5063 3750
miNY Silver (COMEX) CME QI 10800 8000
NASDAQ 100 (Pit) CME ND 17500 14000
Natural Gas (e-miNY) NYMEX QG 675 500
Natural Gas (Pit) NYMEX NG 2700 2000
Nikkei 225 CME NK 5313 4250
Oats CBOT O 1350 1000
Orange Juice ICE @OJ 2772 2520
Orange Juice (Pit) ICE OJ 2772 2520
Palladium (Pit) NYMEX PA 5775 5250
Platinum (Pit) NYMEX PL 3850 3500
Pork Bellies CME PB 2025 1500
RBOB Gasoline NYMEX RB 7763 5750
Rough Rice CBOT RR 1688 1250
S&P 500 (Pit) CME SP 25000 20000
Silver (NYL) NYSE LIFFE ZI 18500 18500
Silver (Pit) COMEX SI 21600 16000
Soybean Meal (Pit) CBOT SM 1688 1250
Soybean Oil (Pit) CBOT BO 1350 1000
Soybeans (Pit) CBOT S 3375 2500
Sugar #11 ICE @SB 1595 1450
Sugar #11 (Pit) ICE SB 1595 1450
Swiss Franc (Pit) CME SF 7290 5400
Treasury Bonds (Pit) CBOT US 3780 2800
Treasury Note - 10 yr (Pit) CBOT TY 1485 1100
Treasury Note - 2 yr (Pit) CBOT TU 371 275
Treasury Note - 5 yr (Pit) CBOT FV 878 650
Unleaded Gasoline (Pit) NYMEX HU 5400 4000
Wheat (Pit) CBOT W 3038 2250
 
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