Smallest amount to trade silver?

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I realize that the answer is probably different from broker to broker, but in general, what is considered the smallest amount of money(USD$) needed to trade silver?

For example, in forex you need at least 50$ in an account to trade one micro-lot. Granted, you're not going to be making much money, maybe you'll be able to buy a cup of coffee at Starbucks if you have a really good day, but you can still trade it.
 
You can also trade Silver ETF's..... SLV which has high volume, or the 3x leveraged version USLV which has pretty good volume as well.
 
If you are interested in trading Silver Futures, you can trade the full-sized silver contract with $1,500 day trading margins. The full overnight margin on silver is currently $11,000 per contract. Please note that the leverage associated with futures is extremely high and with increased leverage comes increased risk. Feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions. r.bancsy@infinityfutures.com

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wiesman02 said:
$20. Go buy 1oz silver coin. Not the answer u are looking for but it's the most logical
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Wise answer, Mr Wiesman;
one could trade a silver nickel[war time] .One share SLV or 1ox silver coin/silver dollar is a good risk -reward to learn on.

To trade/invest some thing like a silver contact which is worth more than a house[@$50 per silver oz, that's about $250,ooo] To learn on,a silver contract which is a great way to lose + lose big + fast,Hedron.:cool: Thanks for the question.

More mature the trader/investor is ;
the more he respects risk................................................................................................................................
 
murray t turtle said:
To trade/invest some thing like a silver contact which is worth more than a house[@$50 per silver oz, that's about $250,ooo] To learn on,a silver contract which is a great way to lose + lose big + fast,Hedron.:cool: Thanks for the question.
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Yea, that's too much risk for me. It's too bad you can't still trade silver on the forex market.
 
hedron said:
Yea, that's too much risk for me. It's too bad you can't still trade silver on the forex market.
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Interesting;
i read in Millionaire Mind[paper book] the average millionare home was debt free, + worth less than $250 ,000[one silver contract @ about $50 is worth $250,000silver [price].Not a prediction.....

JFK silver{coin} halves [$00.50face]are still real hot since 1964,Dallas TX but sold out at these silver price levels, mostly.....:cool:
 
Honestly, I don't think people should swing trade silver futures without at least $200K. Moves are pretty violent. The commodities are extremely prone to gapping. You better have stops in place right away because they gap like nothing else. Technically you don't need that much though but I normally trade a few contracts and like to add to it, so your mileage may differ. CME only requires around $9K maintenance margin.

The liqudity this year for silver have also completely vanished compared to last year. The gold futures have way better liquidity and is way more commonly traded. This might have something to do with all the banks and their commodities trading groups closing down due to new legislation, as well as various big commodities trading hedge funds that have closed down last year.

Seriously, I'd rather stick to gold futures. Silver is a magnified more volatile version of gold, for the most parts (for now maintaining a certian gold:silver ratio that might change in the future). But the maintenance margin requirement is also higher for silver. So, you might get similar bang for buck going more contracts on gold instead.
 
You have to watch out with gold though. A. Few yrs ago I was trading gold margin was like 7K..over night it went to 14K on me. This is a risk on all futures contracts esp the volatile ones.
 
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