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This is straying off-topic, you should really start a new thread since a daily loss limit is not broker dependent. The topic is a very important one and deserves it's own thread.
Recommended amounts are 1-3%. So with $6,000 a 3% risk is $180. I went into a lot of detail about this in my advice thread in this post (#347):
Here are some Money Management thoughts. I came up with these after having a quick conversation with another trader who, in my eye, has very weak money management skills.
He's been trading stocks and doing ok, but he often averages down and his …
In trading, the only thing you can know for sure is your risk. You can control risk, and it is crucial to do so. If you find 3% is not enough to comfortably trade the instruments you've named (I would say for sure you can't on 6E and GC) then you might look for other instruments in the meantime until your account is built up some. In the beginning, you should focus on just positive expectancy, forget the amount of dollars in winnings.
I hope MoreYummy will answer naturally, but in my opinion no they are not at all the same. Daily Loss Limit is a risk amount that the trader is willing to lose before they walk away and are done trading for the day. You can also have a loss limit per trade in the same fashion, a percentage of your capital you are willing to risk per trade as a stop loss.
Day Trading Margin is how much intraday and overnight margin your broker requires in order for you to trade a specific instrument. For instance, Mirus Futures requires a $2,500 initial deposit, and then $1000 per contract intraday margin for CL (I am unsure of the overnight margin, but it is set by the Exchange itself, not your broker).