OneChicago Q&A On Security Futures Margins

The SEC and CFTC recently published final rules on margin requirements for security futures trading in the U.S. As a service to OneChicago's customers, we have compiled a Q&A document that addresses questions of potential interest to market participants regarding security futures margins. This document is available for download on OneChicago's Web site, and covers such topics as:

• Standard margin requirements for security futures trades
• Offsets for positions in stock options, cash equities, or other security futures
• Reduced margin requirements for spreads, collars, and conversions
• Acceptable forms of collateral for satisfying margin requirements
• Use of SPAN for margin calculations
• Special exemptions to the requirements, such as for qualified market makers

To learn more, you can click the link below to access OneChicago's Web site and obtain the Margin Q&A document.

You can also download the full text of the margin rules as published in the Federal Register from the same Web site page:

Read the Margin Q&A document by clicking: here.