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: March 9, 2010

Australian Dollar (Pit)   CME   AD   3375  2500 
British Pound (Pit)   CME   BP   2700  2000 
Canadian Dollar (Pit)   CME   CD   2430  1800 
CCI Index   ICE   CI   7000  7000 
Cocoa   ICE   @CC   2520  1800 
Cocoa (Pit)   ICE   CC   2520  1800 
Coffee 'C'   ICE   @KC   3640  2600 
Coffee 'C' (Pit)   ICE   KC   3640  2600 
Corn   CBOT   C   1350  1000 
Cotton   ICE   @CT   2100  1500 
Cotton (Pit)   ICE   CT   2100  1500 
Crude Oil (e-miNY)   NYMEX   QM   2363  1750 
Crude Oil (Pit)   NYMEX   CL   4725  3500 
Dollar Index   ICE   @DX   1596  1200 
Dollar Index (Pit)   ICE   DX   1596  1200 
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   1013  750 
Federal Funds (Pit)   CBOT   FF   405  300 
Feeder Cattle   CME   FC   1350  1000 
Gold (NYL)   NYSE LIFFE  ZG   6743  4995 
Gold (Pit)   COMEX   GC   6747  4998 
Goldman Sachs Index   CME   GI   5250  3500 
Heating Oil (Pit)   NYMEX   HO   5063  3750 
High Grade Copper   COMEX   HG   4725  3500 
Japanese Yen (Pit)   CME   JY   4050  3000 
Kansas City Wheat   KCBOT   KW   1875  1500 
Lean Hogs   CME   LH   1418  1050 
Live Cattle   CME   LC   1080  800 
Lumber   CME   LB   1650  1100 
Mini Corn   CBOT   YC   270  200 
Mini Dow Jones   CBOT   YM   6500  5200 
Mini Gold   NYSE LIFFE  YG   2248  1665 
Mini Russell 2000   ICE   TF   4000  4000 
Mini Silver   NYSE LIFFE  YI   1350  1000 
Mini Soybeans   CBOT   YK   743  550 
Mini Wheat   CBOT   YW   405  300 
NASDAQ 100 (Pit)   CME   ND   17500  14000 
Natural Gas (e-miNY)   NYMEX   QG   1604  1188 
Natural Gas (Pit)   NYMEX   NG   6413  4750 
Nikkei 225   CME   NK   6250  5000 
Oats   CBOT   O   1080  800 
Orange Juice   ICE   @OJ   2100  1500 
Orange Juice (Pit)   ICE   OJ   2100  1500 
Palladium (Pit)   NYMEX   PA   3713  2750 
Platinum (Pit)   NYMEX   PL   6075  4500 
Pork Bellies   CME   PB   1620  1200 
RBOB Gasoline   NYMEX   RB   5400  4000 
Rough Rice   CBOT   RR   1350  1000 
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   2025  1500 
Soybean Oil (Pit)   CBOT   BO   1350  1000 
Soybeans (Pit)   CBOT   S   3713  2750 
Sugar #11   ICE   @SB   3220  2300 
Sugar #11 (Pit)   ICE   SB   3220  2300 
Swiss Franc (Pit)   CME   SF   3713  2750 
Treasury Bonds (Pit)   CBOT   US   2565  1900 
Treasury Note - 10 yr (Pit)   CBOT   TY   1485  1100 
Treasury Note - 2 yr (Pit)   CBOT   TU   1080  800 
Treasury Note - 5 yr (Pit)   CBOT   FV   1080  800 
Unleaded Gasoline (Pit)   NYMEX   HU   5400  4000 
Wheat (Pit)   CBOT   W   2025  1500 

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.