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We use SMAC (and several FCM's do too) for a number of reasons:
- we allow for spread trading. It's the only Rithmic risk algo that allows for giving spread margin credit.
- SMAC is the only risk algorithm that allows a trader to trade any asset on the exchange without having to specifically allow it. We don't care what you trade, so rather than have to key in an approved list for every trader, SMAC is used to they can trade anything.
- exchange margin, smac is the only risk algo that automatically uses the maintenance margin. this means we don't have to keep the margin rates updated or key them in because the system does it automatically.
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Many of our users still use NinjaTrader. You can absolutely trade multiple contracts, just can't use a bracket with a target and stop if you're going to use your max available number of contracts. In addition, with this volatility, many traders are using a lot lower trade sizes.
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Good points, but still, if a trader wants to have a stop and target entered automatically and then let the trade management be handled by those orders, it will crimp their style somewhat, because one of the sides of the OCO will require an extra 1X margin per contract, which could be a significant limitation in terms of the size available, depending on how the trader trades.
After speaking with Rithmic and NTB while doing extensive testing, it appears that there is a current issue with the SMAC implementation we and some FCM's use that causes this issue. Rithmic stated they are going to check with those FCM's and see if they have any problems with addressing this issue and if there is no push back, they should be able to get it addressed very soon. I will keep everyone updated.
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Yes, this is correct. Even the guys at Rithmic who wrote the software did not expect it to be related to the Risk algo. I'm glad it's been figured out and Rithmic is working on trying to see if they can patch the issue.
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They would only be maxing their margin because using ATM on Ninja with you currently requires $14,000 margin (using the NQ from your example). That means even somebody offered the full $25,000 deal could only trade a one lot as things currently stand. If I have read this correctly.
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Good news is, this doesn't matter anymore. Rithmic is fixing a bug in SMAC (the Rithmic risk algo we use) so that it won't use extra margin when NT trades it. If someone joins before they fix it and you only trade a handful of assets, please let our support know and we have a work around that Rithmic gave us that we can do for your account to fix it
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