Margins
Farr Financial offers Exchange Minimum Margins for overnight positions. This is the lowest margin requirement available as mandated by the exchanges. Farr Financial is also extremely competitive with its liberal daytrade margin policy.
Listed below are the latest Exchange Minimum Margins requirements. Please note that margin requirements are subject to change without notice. Feel free to bookmark this page -- margins are updated real-time every single trading day.
Last Update: November 21, 2008
| Contract | Exchange | Symbol | Initial Margin | Maintenance Margin |
| Australian Dollar (Pit) | CME | AD | 6345 | 4700 |
| British Pound (Pit) | CME | BP | 4590 | 3400 |
| Canadian Dollar (Pit) | CME | CD | 4455 | 3300 |
| CCI Index | ICE | CI | 10000 | 10000 |
| Cocoa | ICE | @CC | 2660 | 1900 |
| Cocoa (Pit) | ICE | CC | 2660 | 1900 |
| Coffee 'C' | ICE | @KC | 3220 | 2300 |
| Coffee 'C' (Pit) | ICE | KC | 3220 | 2300 |
| Corn | CBOT | C | 2025 | 1500 |
| Cotton | ICE | @CT | 2520 | 1800 |
| Cotton (Pit) | ICE | CT | 2520 | 1800 |
| Crude Oil (e-miNY) | NYMEX | QM | 5231 | 3875 |
| Crude Oil (Pit) | NYMEX | CL | 10463 | 7750 |
| Dollar Index | ICE | @DX | 2660 | 2000 |
| Dollar Index (Pit) | ICE | DX | 2660 | 2000 |
| Dow Jones | CBOT | DJ | 13750 | 11000 |
| E-Mini NASDAQ 100 | CME | NQ | 4000 | 3200 |
| E-Mini S&P 500 | CME | ES | 6188 | 4950 |
| Euro Currency (Pit) | CME | EC | 6075 | 4500 |
| Eurodollar (Pit) | CME | ED | 1485 | 1100 |
| Federal Funds (Pit) | CBOT | FF | 1148 | 850 |
| Feeder Cattle | CME | FC | 2025 | 1500 |
| Gold (eCBOT) | CBOT | ZG | 5808 | 4302 |
| Gold (Pit) | COMEX | GC | 5808 | 4302 |
| Goldman Sachs Index | CME | GI | 19500 | 13000 |
| Heating Oil (Pit) | NYMEX | HO | 12150 | 9000 |
| High Grade Copper | COMEX | HG | 7763 | 5750 |
| Japanese Yen (Pit) | CME | JY | 6075 | 4500 |
| Kansas City Wheat | KCBOT | KW | 2500 | 2000 |
| Lean Hogs | CME | LH | 1350 | 1000 |
| Live Cattle | CME | LC | 1620 | 1200 |
| Lumber | CME | LB | 1650 | 1100 |
| Mini Corn | CBOT | YC | 405 | 300 |
| Mini Dow Jones | CBOT | YM | 6875 | 5500 |
| Mini Gold | CBOT | YG | 1936 | 1434 |
| Mini Russell 2000 | ICE | TF | 5200 | 5200 |
| Mini Silver | CBOT | YI | 1728 | 1280 |
| Mini Soybeans | CBOT | YK | 945 | 700 |
| Mini Wheat | CBOT | YW | 675 | 500 |
| NASDAQ 100 (Pit) | CME | ND | 20000 | 16000 |
| Natural Gas (e-miNY) | NYMEX | QG | 2363 | 1750 |
| Natural Gas (Pit) | NYMEX | NG | 9450 | 7000 |
| Nikkei 225 | CME | NK | 6250 | 5000 |
| Oats | CBOT | O | 1350 | 1000 |
| Orange Juice | ICE | @OJ | 1400 | 1000 |
| Orange Juice (Pit) | ICE | OJ | 1400 | 1000 |
| Palladium (Pit) | NYMEX | PA | 3713 | 2750 |
| Platinum (Pit) | NYMEX | PL | 8100 | 6000 |
| Pork Bellies | CME | PB | 1890 | 1400 |
| RBOB Gasoline | NYMEX | RB | 10800 | 8000 |
| Rough Rice | CBOT | RR | 2430 | 1800 |
| S&P 500 (Pit) | CME | SP | 30938 | 24750 |
| Silver (eCBOT) | CBOT | ZI | 8640 | 6400 |
| Silver (Pit) | COMEX | SI | 8640 | 6400 |
| Soybean Meal (Pit) | CBOT | SM | 2700 | 2000 |
| Soybean Oil (Pit) | CBOT | BO | 2025 | 1500 |
| Soybeans (Pit) | CBOT | S | 4725 | 3500 |
| Sugar #11 | ICE | @SB | 1260 | 900 |
| Sugar #11 (Pit) | ICE | SB | 1260 | 900 |
| Swiss Franc (Pit) | CME | SF | 3915 | 2900 |
| Treasury Bonds (Pit) | CBOT | US | 3645 | 2700 |
| Treasury Note - 10 yr (Pit) | CBOT | TY | 2970 | 2200 |
| Treasury Note - 2 yr (Pit) | CBOT | TU | 2295 | 1700 |
| Treasury Note - 5 yr (Pit) | CBOT | FV | 2295 | 1700 |
| Unleaded Gasoline (Pit) | NYMEX | HU | 5400 | 4000 |
| Wheat (Pit) | CBOT | W | 3375 | 2500 |