Margins

Go Futures offers Exchange Minimum Margins for overnight positions. This is the lowest margin requirement available as mandated by the exchanges. Go Futures is also extremely competitive with its liberal daytrade margin policy.

Listed below are the latest Exchange Minimum Margins requirements. Please note that margin requirements are subject to change without notice. Feel free to bookmark this page -- margins are updated real-time every single trading day.

Last Update: May 16, 2012

Contract	Exchange	Symbol	Initial Margin	Maintenance Margin
Australian Dollar (GLOBEX)	CME	@AD	3780	2800
British Pound (GLOBEX)	CME	@BP	2025	1500
Canadian Dollar (GLOBEX)	CME	@CD	2295	1700
CCI Index	ICE	CI	6765	6150
Cocoa	ICE	CC	1375	1250
Coffee 'C'	ICE	@KC	3905	3550
Corn	CBOT	@C	2363	1750
Cotton	ICE	@CT	2200	2000
Crude Oil (e-miNY)	NYMEX	QM	3274	2425
Crude Oil (NYMEX)	NYMEX	@CL	6548	4850
Dollar Index	ICE	DX	1320	1200
Dow Jones	CBOT	@DJ	6250	5000
E-Micro AUD/USD	CME	M6A	378	280
E-Micro CAD/USD	CME	MCD	230	170
E-Micro CHF/USD	CME	MSF	621	460
E-Micro EUR/USD	CME	M6E	473	350
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	2700	2000
E-Mini NASDAQ 100	CME	NQ	2500	2000
E-Mini S&P 500	CME	ES	4375	3500
Euro Currency (GLOBEX)	CME	@EC	4725	3500
Eurodollar (GLOBEX)	CME	@ED	439	325
Federal Funds	CBOT	@FF	540	400
Feeder Cattle (GLOBEX)	CME	@FC	2025	1500
Gold (COMEX)	COMEX	@GC	10125	7500
Goldman Sachs Index	CME	GI	10500	7000
Hard Red Spring Wheat (MGEX)	MGEX	MWE
Heating Oil (NYMEX)	NYMEX	@HO	6480	4800
High Grade Copper (COMEX)	COMEX	@HG	5400	4000
Japanese Yen (GLOBEX)	CME	@JY	4860	3600
Kansas City Wheat	KCBOT	@KW	3125	2500
Lean Hogs (GLOBEX)	CME	@LH	1688	1250
Live Cattle (GLOBEX)	CME	@LC	1620	1200
Lumber (GLOBEX)	CME	@LB	2250	1500
Milk (Class III)	CME	DC	1755	1300
Mini Corn	CBOT	YC	473	350
Mini Dow Jones	CBOT	YM	3125	2500
Mini Russell 2000	ICE	TF	6600	6000
Mini Soybeans	CBOT	YK	675	500
Mini Wheat	CBOT	YW	608	450
miNY Gold (COMEX)	CME	QO	5063	3750
miNY Silver (COMEX)	CME	QI	9450	7000
NASDAQ 100 (GLOBEX)	CME	@ND	12500	10000
Natural Gas (e-miNY)	NYMEX	QG	675	500
Natural Gas (NYMEX)	NYMEX	@NG	2700	2000
Nikkei 225 (GLOBEX)	CME	@NK	3750	3000
Oats	CBOT	@O	1013	750
Orange Juice	ICE	@OJ	1518	1380
Palladium (COMEX)	NYMEX	@PA	5225	4750
Platinum (COMEX)	NYMEX	@PL	3850	3500
Pork Bellies (GLOBEX)	CME	@PB	2025	1500
RBOB Gasoline	NYMEX	RB	7763	5750
Rough Rice	CBOT	@RR	1350	1000
S&P 500 (GLOBEX)	CME	@SP	21875	17500
Silver (COMEX)	COMEX	@SI	18900	14000
Soybean Meal	CBOT	@SM	1958	1450
Soybean Oil	CBOT	@BO	1215	900
Soybeans	CBOT	@S	3375	2500
Sugar #11	ICE	@SB	1595	1450
Swiss Franc (GLOBEX)	CME	@SF	6210	4600
Treasury Bonds	CBOT	@US	3780	2800
Treasury Note - 10 yr	CBOT	@TY	1485	1100
Treasury Note - 2 yr	CBOT	@TU	371	275
Treasury Note - 5 yr	CBOT	@FV	878	650
Wheat	CBOT	@W	3038	2250