While buy/sell transactions in margin segment have to be squared off on the same day, buy/sell position in the futures segment can be continued till the expiry of the respective contract and squared off any time during the contract life. Margin positions can even be converted to delivery if you have the requisite trading limits in case of buy positions and required number of shares in your DP in case of sell position.

The initial margin requirement is US $1,000 on our minimum trade size of US $100,000. We will only execute trades on margin if the client has sufficient funds in his or her account. See similar questions...

Currently 50% Initial Margin is required, for taking any position under Margin Financing and once the positions are taken then 40% Maintenance Margin is required. See similar questions...

You can trade HSI futures contract and Mini HSI Futures contracts via Taifook Online Futures Trading Services for spot month and next calendar month. See similar questions...

A round-robin wager allows a player to pick 3 to 5 outcomes and create all possible 2- or 3-team parlay combinations from the selected outcomes. See similar questions...

Futures contracts are legally binding agreements to buy or sell commodities or financial assets for a certain price at a later date. Professional futures traders closely monitor upward and downward trends of these real or financial assets and invest (buy or sell) accordingly on recognized global futures exchanges. As investors in futures contracts, professional futures traders virtually never take possession of the commodities. See similar questions...

Buying or selling of stocks on credit is margin trading. In margin trading you either buy long, i.e., borrow money to buy shares at a lower price and hope to recover the costs by selling at a higher price, or sell short, i.e., borrow stocks and sell them at a higher price and recover costs by buying them at a lower price. Both short-selling and buying long require a good reading of the market and correct timing. See similar questions...

Forex trades are made in lots of $100,000. If you had to provide that amount of money to cover your position before you could trade, the market would once again be restricted to banks and other institutional investors. So brokers have established the principle of margin trading. In effect they allow people to trade $100,000 blocks of currency if they can provide an element of security against potential losses. See similar questions...

Every brokerage firm is allowed to set their own margin rates. Look for one that uses the rates set by the appropriate exchanges. This will be as low as they are allowed to be. Check the exchange's websites for details. See similar questions...

If you eat, you're affected by the KCBT or another agricultural commodity exchange. The wheat futures contracts traded at the KCBT contribute to the steady flow of products from the farm to your dinner table. Investing in the stock market? The Kansas City Board of Trade's Value Line is a leading market indicator. See similar questions...

The National Futures Association requires all brokerage customers to read and sign the following disclaimer: THE RISK OF LOSS IN TRADING COMMODITY FUTURES CONTRACTS CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL. YOU SHOULD, THEREFORE, CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES. YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING POINTS: 1. See similar questions...

Standardized Vs Customized Contract - Forward contract is customized while the future is standardized. To be more specific, the terms of a Forward Contracts are individually agreed between two counter-parties, while Futures being traded on exchanges have terms standardized by the exchange. Counter party risk - In case of Futures, after a trade is confirmed by two members of exchange, the exchange / clearing house itself becomes the counter-party (or guarantees) to every trade. See similar questions...

While futures contracts are traded on the exchange, forwards contracts are traded over-the-counter market. Incase of futures contracts the exchange specifies the standardized features of the contract, while no pre determined standards are there in the forward contracts. Exchange provides the mechanism that gives the two parties a guarantee that the contract will be honored whereas there is no surety/guarantee of the trade settlement in case of forward contract. See similar questions...

No, it can be applied to stocks as well. We have a number of students who trade stocks in timeframes ranging from 2 min. to daily charts and they have been satisfied with our approach. Our materials, however, are geared to stock index futures. The fact is that futures are simpler and offer more profit potential that than options or stocks. With the emergence of the S&P mini futures, trading has become faster, simpler, and safer. Options are very complex. See similar questions...

We have flexibility setting margins requirements for day trading. Day trading margins are set based on your experience, account size and markets traded. As an example, an experienced online trader with an account balance greater that $5'000 may receive a day trading margin of $500 for an E-MINI S&P500 contract. See similar questions...

A margin is the amount paid by an investor when they use their broker's credit to buy securities. SET upon the approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had set an initial margin at 50 percent, a margin call at 35 percent and a force sale margin at 25 per cent of total transactions. See similar questions...

When you are dealing in Yen or CHF in the futures market, you are buying a currency contract based on a forward date, dealing in standardised contracts made and traded on an exchange that is chartered and licensed to serve as a trading arena in specific futures contracts. Spot trading in the Forex market is different. A forward market is one in which people agree to trade a commodity at a fixed price at some future date. In the Spot market, the price in question is that for immediate delivery i. See similar questions...

Exchange designs a contract, which alone would be traded on the Exchange. The contract is not capable of being modified by participants, i.e., it is standardized. The Exchange also provides a trading platform, which converges the bids and offers emanating from geographically dispersed locations. This creates competitive conditions for trading. The Exchange also provides facilities for clearing, settlement, arbitration facilities. See similar questions...