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August 11th, 2011, 01:41 PM

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Margin requirement changes

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Posted By ron99

I wonder if HFT invading silver led to the large...

I wonder if HFT invading silver led to the large margin increases. Before 4/11/11 silver vol was roughly 50-80k /d.

On 4/11 it jumped by 50k/d to 132k. A couple of days it traded over 310k. More...

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August 11th, 2011, 01:06 PM

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Margin requirement changes

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Posted By ron99

The gold margin increase raised the margin needed...

The gold margin increase raised the margin needed to cover positions by over a billion dollars. That is a lot for even the large specs.

Forum: Brokers

August 11th, 2011, 11:36 AM

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Margin requirement changes

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Posted By ron99

Some contracts no excess, some a little excess...

Some contracts no excess, some a little excess and some a lot of excess on futures.

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August 11th, 2011, 10:39 AM

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Margin requirement changes

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Posted By ron99

I agree with you. The raising of silver margins...

I agree with you. The raising of silver margins the way they did it, doubling in 10 trading days, back in May was very curious.

They didn't raise margin on silver from 27 to 47 at all, then they...

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August 11th, 2011, 10:34 AM

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Margin requirement changes

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Posted By ron99

Do you trade at IB? What is their CL margin on...

Do you trade at IB? What is their CL margin on futures?

I know on selling options they were way above everybody else on margins.

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