Margin Requirements

Click the links below for our latest commodity margin requirements. We always offer exchange minimum margins with reduced daytrading margins. Margins are subject to change based on market conditions and exchange guidelines.

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The FED, USD, and the Coronavirus Outbreak

The 2020 outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) created a financial environment driven by angst and trepidation. COVID-19 panic swept the globe, placing the world’s capital structure under extreme pressure. The result was consistently high volatilities in the commodity, equity, currency, and debt markets.

Is the Coronavirus Causing a Global Recession?

Traditional financial theory suggests that a recession is two consecutive quarters of negative growth in a nation’s gross domestic product (GDP). The underpinnings of these types of economic downturns vary. Typically, a recession is attributed to commodity pricing instability, market crashes, inflation, or extraordinary events.

Will FED Rate Cuts Minimize Coronavirus Fallout?

In the modern era, the global credit crunch of 2008 is the standard for financial crises. A product of toxic asset securitization and subprime mortgage lending, 2008 brought to light severe shortcomings in the world’s monetary system. Twelve years later, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has once again forced the hand of the U.S. Federal Reserve… Read more.

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