Trading Silver on Comex or E-CBOT?

Quote from Rtrader2525:

comex much more liquid, margin higher. Cbot lower margin but not as liquid
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hmmm..
why would the margin be higher on the comex?
are the contracts not fungible?
 
Quote from PohPoh:

hmmm..
why would the margin be higher on the comex?
are the contracts not fungible?
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Don't think of it as higher margin on Comex.
More like the margins on CBOT are lower as an incentive to trade with much lower liquidity.
I prefer to pay up for the liquidity.
 
The CBOT may have greatly reduced exchange fees as an incentive to trade their contracts. If you expect to generate a lot of trades, it may be a better way to go.
 
This varies from broker to broker, but on IB the Silver margin requirements (large contract) for the eCBOT are 20% higher than for the NYMEX (Comex).

Currently for ZI (5000 oz) on eCBOT:
Intraday Initial -- 8,100
Overnight Maintenance -- 6,000

Currently for SI (5000 oz) on NYMEX:
Intraday Initial -- 6,750
Overnight Maintenance -- 5,000

And as far as liquidity they're not even in the same ballpark, the SI blows away the ZI by many multiples.
 
From what I recall the contracts are 80% fungible from a cbot stand point.

There are four silver contracts and I think you should have them all on the screen, similar to how equity traders have arca, island etc on their screen.

Just so I don't get accused of anything I have research extensively silver trading but have yet to make a trade
 
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