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Margin Requirement

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  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 4 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • February 17, 2021 at 9:39 am #610726
    jareerabedin
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    Sir,
    Initial Margin = 3500 per contract
    say 20 contracts = 70000

    no end of each day futures values:
    1.1233
    1.1243
    1.1272
    1.1211

    initital futures price is 1.1011

    Sir, these are just hypothetical numbers. My question is, do we always follow the same pattern of calculation for margin requirements regardless of if we are receiving or borrowing money?

    in the above case, they calculated each days as:
    1.1233-1.1011 *contracts * tick value
    1.1243-1.1233
    1.1272-1.1243
    and so on.

    thank you

    February 17, 2021 at 4:00 pm #610765
    John Moffat
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    Day by day the price of futures will change, and day by day the margin required is adjusted by any gain or loss that is currently being made.

    February 17, 2021 at 9:25 pm #610790
    jareerabedin
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    So to get my understanding sir,
    The calculation method doesn’t change then?

    Thank you

    February 18, 2021 at 6:52 am #610808
    John Moffat
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    No – it doesn’t 🙂

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