Initial Margin, Maintenance Margin, and Marking to Market
Topics covered include:
Initial margin deposits
Maintenance margin levels
Marking to market
Maintenance calls
Variation margin
Of all the topics we cover in the course, the concepts of daily marking to
market and maintenance calls are the usually the most intimidating components
of futures trading. This course is an interactive workshop to help you
understand these and other related concepts. We'll start with a simple position
and examine what you must do to open, close, and maintain the position as
market conditions change. Along the way we'll also ask some other general
questions about futures to make sure you have a solid understanding.
The Single-Stock Futures Revolution was designed to bring together
all aspects of single-stock futures in an integrated, cohesive and complete
framework. This essential book educates the novice and empowers the
professional.
The Single-Stock Futures Revolution:
• Explains in easy-to-understand terms exactly what futures contracts are and
how they work
• Offers a thorough understanding of the risks and rewards of futures contracts
• Provides detailed instructions on how to open an account and place an order
• Shows you the different strategies available and how to make them work with
your portfolio
Used with its companion workbook, you'll be able to practice all the methods,
techniques and strategies before you actually start trading. The workbook
features hundreds of questions and answers and dozens of charts to test your
knowledge.
The Single-Stock Futures Revolution is an important tool that will
help you master this exciting new investment instrument.
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