Heating Oil Trading Margins
(Minimum Exchange Requirements)
When
trading commodity futures, “margin” is the amount of money that you need to have in your account to put on a contract.
Margin is essentially a performance bond or good faith money to guarantee against an adverse movement in your position. The
levels are set by the exchanges based on market conditions and can be changed at any time.
Initial Margin
The
initial margin is the amount of money that needs to be in the account to initiate a trade in the heating oil futures market.
Heating oil Futures Initial Margin: $11,475
Maintenance Margin
The
maintenance margin is the minimum equity that must be maintained in the account. If the equity drops below the maintenance
margin, a deposit must be made to bring the account back up to the initial margin.
Heating oil Futures Maintenance Margin: $8,500
