margins & min balance

[Farr40]

x-pit trader. For someone who actively trades the e-mini electronically what are good inter day Margins for eminis? I have seen various firms with $5,000.00 required to open an account. Are there minimum funds required to trade or simply the day trade margin?

 

[murray t turtle]

Quote from Farr40:

x-pit trader. For someone who actively trades the e-mini electronically what are good inter day Margins for eminis? I have seen various firms with $5,000.00 required to open an account.

Are there minimum funds required to trade or simply the day trade margin?

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Interactive Brokers has a day maintance margin of about;
$1600 for ES
YM, its less
NQ its less.
[8;30 -3;00 Chicago time]

Think Velocity Futures has maintance margins of about $500????

Have to call them for up to date acc minimum;
IB =excellant broker for experienced traders .
However if you hit the sell [or buy] trigger twice;
it does twice as much . Wisdom is profitable to direct.

Good thing I was trading with trend when I accidently doubled up
, first time i used IB.