margin in the 90s

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lsubeano

just an odd question that came into my mind.
not to age anyone :) but can anyone remember the margin requirements of any futures in the 90s.
was day trading margin available?
emini s&p when it first came out?


thank you.
 
Quote from lsubeano:
----margin requirements of any futures in the 1990's?
----was day trading margin available?
----emini s&p when it first came out?
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1) Margins for physical commodities tended to be around 5% of the contract value. Bond and note margins tended to be about 3.5% and 3%, respectively, of the contract value.
2) I am not sure of that.
3) ?......8% to 10% of the contract value. :confused: :cool:
 
I remeber the margin on the full S&P500 (1 pt=$500) got around 14k just before the e-mini came out. In fact that was one of the reasons. I think it was around $2-3k when I started trading.
 
Recalling from memory... futures leverage has for a long time has been about 12-20x... with about 16x being most common... except for Bonds... higher because of lower volatility.
 
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