See the link below for further information from the CFTC.ġ. See the link below from the National Futures Association for more information.Īdditionally, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has made available a Virtual Currency Resource Web Page designed to educate and inform the public about this topic and its risks. As such, each customer should conduct his or her own due diligence prior to make a decision to trade in these products. Customers choosing to trade Bitcoin futures should consider additional significant risks including, but not limited to: (a) Bitcoin futures contracts have a limited history of trading on U.S.-regulated futures exchanges (b) The price of the underlying Bitcoin and the indexes on which the futures contracts are based are highly volatile and unpredictable based on many factors (c) Since a limited number of futures commissions merchants may offer trading in the Bitcoin futures contracts, there might be limited volume that might impact market efficiencies and price movements and (d) The risk of loss can be substantial and could result in a customer losing more than the initial or maintenance margin requirement. These risks can be viewed at the following link. The regular risks associated with trading commodity futures contracts also apply to the trading of Bitcoin futures. No statement within this webpage should be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell a futures contract or as investment advice. You should, therefore, carefully consider whether such trading is suitable for your financial condition. The risk of loss in futures can be substantial. You further acknowledge and agree that TradeStation may, in its sole discretion, and without notice to you, liquidate any delivery month contract in your account to prevent or minimize the risk of delivery, and that such liquidation may occur five or more days, depending on the contract and TradeStation’s subjective evaluation of risk, prior to the delivery date.įutures’ trading is not suitable for all investors and involves the risk of loss. Margins required may vary from the published rates.īy trading on margin (sometimes also referred to as “leveraging” or “gearing”) in your futures account, you acknowledge and agree that TradeStation may, in its sole discretion, and without prior notice to you, and at any time, impose a margin call and liquidate your account, in whole or part, to meet such margin call and otherwise satisfy or offset any debit item or debit balance, or decrease or eliminate leveraging, in your account. Please consult the trade desk for additional details. Clients must be above initial overnight margin or out of their positions before the day trade rate ends. This equates to about 33 points, or 33 dollars in the ES index, and that would be the maximum stop allowed.
A stop risking no more than half (in dollar terms) would risk approximately $1,650. The day trade rate would be one quarter, $3,300. Example: E-mini S&P initial margin is $13,200. A stop order is required at all times risking no more than half of the day trade rate. Equity Index Futures, as well as select Currency, Energy, Metals, and Interest Rate contracts. The day trade rate is valid from 8:00 a.m. THREE MONTH EURO SWISS FRANC INTEREST RATE FUTURESĪdditional Notes for Clients Using the Reduced Intraday Margin Rate THREE MONTH STERLING (SHORT STERLING) INTEREST RATE FUTURES THREE MONTH EURO (EURIBOR) INTEREST RATE FUTURES
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