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Futures Trading Overnight and Maintenance Margins from Futures Trading Platforms
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Futures Trading Platforms offers Exchange Minimum Margins for positions held overnight. Futures Trading Platforms is very competitive with its day trading margins, day trade margins are generally 1/4 of the overnight margin requirements shown below and can go as low as $500 for intraday trading. Talk to one of our Futures Trading Brokers for details.
Listed below are the latest exchange minimum margins requirements for positions held overnight. **Please note that these margin requirements are subject to change without notice.
| Contract | Exchange | Symbol | Initial Margin | Maintenance Margin |
| Australian Dollar (Pit) | CME | AD | 3375 | 2500 |
| British Pound (Pit) | CME | BP | 2700 | 2000 |
| Canadian Dollar (Pit) | CME | CD | 2430 | 1800 |
| CCI Index | ICE | CI | 7000 | 7000 |
| Cocoa | ICE | @CC | 2240 | 1600 |
| Cocoa (Pit) | ICE | CC | 2240 | 1600 |
| Coffee 'C' | ICE | @KC | 3360 | 2400 |
| Coffee 'C' (Pit) | ICE | KC | 3360 | 2400 |
| Corn | CBOT | C | 1620 | 1200 |
| Cotton | ICE | @CT | 2100 | 1500 |
| Cotton (Pit) | ICE | CT | 2100 | 1500 |
| Crude Oil (e-miNY) | NYMEX | QM | 3038 | 2250 |
| Crude Oil (Pit) | NYMEX | CL | 6075 | 4500 |
| Dollar Index | ICE | @DX | 1596 | 1200 |
| Dollar Index (Pit) | ICE | DX | 1596 | 1200 |
| Dow Jones | CBOT | DJ | 13000 | 10400 |
| E-Mini NASDAQ 100 | CME | NQ | 3500 | 2800 |
| E-Mini S&P 500 | CME | ES | 5625 | 4500 |
| Euro Currency (Pit) | CME | EC | 4725 | 3500 |
| Eurodollar (Pit) | CME | ED | 1013 | 750 |
| Federal Funds (Pit) | CBOT | FF | 810 | 600 |
| Feeder Cattle | CME | FC | 1350 | 1000 |
| Gold (eCBOT) | CBOT | ZG | 5399 | 3999 |
| Gold (Pit) | COMEX | GC | 4500 | 3333 |
| Goldman Sachs Index | CME | GI | 12750 | 8500 |
| Heating Oil (Pit) | NYMEX | HO | 6413 | 4750 |
| High Grade Copper | COMEX | HG | 6075 | 4500 |
| Japanese Yen (Pit) | CME | JY | 4050 | 3000 |
| Kansas City Wheat | KCBOT | KW | 2500 | 2000 |
| Lean Hogs | CME | LH | 1418 | 1050 |
| Live Cattle | CME | LC | 1080 | 800 |
| Lumber | CME | LB | 1650 | 1100 |
| Mini Corn | CBOT | YC | 324 | 240 |
| Mini Dow Jones | CBOT | YM | 6500 | 5200 |
| Mini Gold | CBOT | YG | 1800 | 1333 |
| Mini Russell 2000 | ICE | TF | 4000 | 4000 |
| Mini Silver | CBOT | YI | 1620 | 1200 |
| Mini Soybeans | CBOT | YK | 810 | 600 |
| Mini Wheat | CBOT | YW | 540 | 400 |
| NASDAQ 100 (Pit) | CME | ND | 17500 | 14000 |
| Natural Gas (e-miNY) | NYMEX | QG | 1434 | 1062 |
| Natural Gas (Pit) | NYMEX | NG | 5738 | 4250 |
| Nikkei 225 | CME | NK | 6250 | 5000 |
| Oats | CBOT | O | 1080 | 800 |
| Orange Juice | ICE | @OJ | 1260 | 900 |
| Orange Juice (Pit) | ICE | OJ | 1260 | 900 |
| Palladium (Pit) | NYMEX | PA | 2363 | 1750 |
| Platinum (Pit) | NYMEX | PL | 6075 | 4500 |
| Pork Bellies | CME | PB | 1620 | 1200 |
| RBOB Gasoline | NYMEX | RB | 6075 | 4500 |
| Rough Rice | CBOT | RR | 1688 | 1250 |
| S&P 500 (Pit) | CME | SP | 28125 | 22500 |
| Silver (eCBOT) | CBOT | ZI | 8100 | 6000 |
| Silver (Pit) | COMEX | SI | 5400 | 4000 |
| Soybean Meal (Pit) | CBOT | SM | 2700 | 2000 |
| Soybean Oil (Pit) | CBOT | BO | 2025 | 1500 |
| Soybeans (Pit) | CBOT | S | 4050 | 3000 |
| Sugar #11 | ICE | @SB | 2520 | 1800 |
| Sugar #11 (Pit) | ICE | SB | 2520 | 1800 |
| Swiss Franc (Pit) | CME | SF | 4185 | 3100 |
| Treasury Bonds (Pit) | CBOT | US | 4320 | 3200 |
| Treasury Note - 10 yr (Pit) | CBOT | TY | 2430 | 1800 |
| Treasury Note - 2 yr (Pit) | CBOT | TU | 1080 | 800 |
| Treasury Note - 5 yr (Pit) | CBOT | FV | 1350 | 1000 |
| Unleaded Gasoline (Pit) | NYMEX | HU | 5400 | 4000 |
| Wheat (Pit) | CBOT | W | 2700 | 2000 |
Not all Futures and Commodity trading contracts are listed below. If you are interested in trading a contract that you don't see the margin on please talk to one of our Futures Trading Brokers.
**The information contained herein is believed to be reliable, Futures Trading Platforms is not held responsible as to its accuracy or completeness. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.
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