Margins

Zumo offers Exchange Minimum Margins for overnight positions. This is the lowest margin requirement available as mandated by the exchanges. Zumo is also extremely competitive with its liberal day trade margin policy.

Listed below are the latest Exchange Minimum Margins requirements. Please note that margin requirements are subject to change without notice. Feel free to bookmark this page -- margins are updated real-time every single trading day.

Intraday margins as low as 25%.

Last Updated: September 3, 2010

Australian Dollar (Pit)   CME   AD   2970  2200 
British Pound (Pit)   CME   BP   2430  1800 
Canadian Dollar (Pit)   CME   CD   2430  1800 
CCI Index   ICE   CI   5700  5700 
Cocoa   ICE   CC   2590  1850 
Coffee 'C'   ICE   @KC   7700  5500 
Coffee 'C' (Pit)   ICE   KC   7700  5500 
Corn   CBOT   C   1283  950 
Cotton   ICE   @CT   2100  1500 
Cotton (Pit)   ICE   CT   2100  1500 
Crude Oil (e-miNY)   NYMEX   QM   2531  1875 
Crude Oil (Pit)   NYMEX   CL   5063  3750 
Dollar Index   ICE   @DX   2062  1550 
Dollar Index (Pit)   ICE   DX   2062  1550 
Dow Jones   CBOT   DJ   13000  10400 
E-Mini NASDAQ 100   CME   NQ   3500  2800 
E-Mini S&P 500   CME   ES   5625  4500 
Euro Currency (Pit)   CME   EC   4050  3000 
Eurodollar (Pit)   CME   ED   878  650 
Federal Funds (Pit)   CBOT   FF   405  300 
Feeder Cattle   CME   FC   1350  1000 
Gold (NYL)   NYSE LIFFE  ZG   5670  4200 
Gold (Pit)   COMEX   GC   5739  4251 
Goldman Sachs Index   CME   GI   9000  6000 
Heating Oil (Pit)   NYMEX   HO   5063  3750 
High Grade Copper   COMEX   HG   5400  4000 
Japanese Yen (Pit)   CME   JY   5400  4000 
Kansas City Wheat   KCBOT   KW   2500  2000 
Lean Hogs   CME   LH   1283  950 
Live Cattle   CME   LC   945  700 
Lumber   CME   LB   1650  1100 
Mini Corn   CBOT   YC   257  190 
Mini Dow Jones   CBOT   YM   6500  5200 
Mini Gold   NYSE LIFFE  YG   1890  1400 
Mini Russell 2000   ICE   TF   4500  4500 
Mini Silver   NYSE LIFFE  YI   1350  1000 
Mini Soybeans   CBOT   YK   540  400 
Mini Wheat   CBOT   YW   675  500 
NASDAQ 100 (Pit)   CME   ND   17500  14000 
Natural Gas (e-miNY)   NYMEX   QG   1266  938 
Natural Gas (Pit)   NYMEX   NG   5063  3750 
Nikkei 225   CME   NK   6250  5000 
Oats   CBOT   O   1148  850 
Orange Juice   ICE   @OJ   1330  950 
Orange Juice (Pit)   ICE   OJ   1330  950 
Palladium (Pit)   NYMEX   PA   4125  3750 
Platinum (Pit)   NYMEX   PL   4125  3750 
Pork Bellies   CME   PB   1890  1400 
RBOB Gasoline   NYMEX   RB   5400  4000 
Rough Rice   CBOT   RR   1080  800 
S&P 500 (Pit)   CME   SP   28125  22500 
Silver (NYL)   NYSE LIFFE  ZI   6750  5000 
Silver (Pit)   COMEX   SI   6750  5000 
Soybean Meal (Pit)   CBOT   SM   1485  1100 
Soybean Oil (Pit)   CBOT   BO   945  700 
Soybeans (Pit)   CBOT   S   2700  2000 
Sugar #11   ICE   @SB   1960  1400 
Sugar #11 (Pit)   ICE   SB   1960  1400 
Swiss Franc (Pit)   CME   SF   2430  1800 
Treasury Bonds (Pit)   CBOT   US   3375  2500 
Treasury Note - 10 yr (Pit)   CBOT   TY   1890  1400 
Treasury Note - 2 yr (Pit)   CBOT   TU   810  600 
Treasury Note - 5 yr (Pit)   CBOT   FV   1080  800 
Unleaded Gasoline (Pit)   NYMEX   HU   5400  4000 
Wheat (Pit)   CBOT   W   3375  2500 

Zumo Inc, a discount futures broker, provides online commodity trading via two fully integrated trading platforms. Clients receive access to live futures data, charts, news, and research. As the leader in discount commodity trading, Zumo Inc offers both self directed and fully managed accounts with commissions starting at only $1 per round turn. Note: There is a risk of loss when trading futures and options.