10.11.2016
Reductions to Margin Requirements
After the U.S. presidential elections, margin requirements on selected currency pairs have been reduced, and will be implemented on Friday, 11 Nov 2016, 02:00 GMT.
Below is the full list of instruments and their margin requirements after this revision:
| Forex (Majors) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Affected Instruments | Margin Requirements | ||
| USDCHF | 2 times | ||
| AUDUSD | 1 times | ||
| EURUSD | 1 times | ||
| GBPUSD | 1 times | ||
| NZDUSD | 1 times | ||
| USDCAD | 1 times | ||
| USDJPY | 1 times | ||
| Forex (Crosses & Exotics) | |||
| Affected Instruments | Margin Requirements | Affected Instruments | Margin Requirements |
| EURCHF | 2 times | NOKSEK | 1 times |
| GBPCHF | 2 times | NZDCAD | 1 times |
| NZDCHF | 2 times | NZDJPY | 1 times |
| USDCHF | 2 times | NZDUSD | 1 times |
| EURCAD | 1 times | SGDJPY | 1 times |
| EURGBP | 1 times | USDCAD | 1 times |
| EURJPY | 1 times | USDCNH | 1 times |
| EURNOK | 1 times | USDDKK | 1 times |
| EURNZD | 1 times | USDHKD | 1 times |
| EURSEK | 1 times | USDHUF | 1 times |
| EURSGD | 1 times | USDJPY | 1 times |
| EURTRY | 1 times | USDMXN | 1 times |
| EURUSD | 1 times | USDNOK | 1 times |
| GBPAUD | 1 times | USDPLN | 1 times |
| GBPCAD | 1 times | USDSEK | 1 times |
| GBPJPY | 1 times | USDSGD | 1 times |
| GBPNZD | 1 times | USDTRY | 1 times |
| GBPUSD | 1 times | USDZAR | 1 times |
| NOKJPY | 1 times | ||
| Precious Metals | |||
| Affected Instruments | Margin Requirements | ||
| XAGUSD | 1 times | ||
| XAUUSD | 1 times | ||
| Cash CFDs | |||
| Affected Instruments | Margin Requirements | ||
| AUS200 | 1 times | ||
| DE30 | 1 times | ||
| ES35 | 1 times | ||
| STOXX50 | 1 times | ||
| F40 | 1 times | ||
| HK50 | 1 times | ||
| JP225 | 1 times | ||
| UK100 | 1 times | ||
| US30 | 1 times | ||
| US100 | 1 times | ||
| US500 | 1 times | ||
| USOil | 1 times | ||
| UKOil | 1 times | ||
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This revision is subject to market volatility. Blackwell Global will continue to monitor the markets. We will keep you updated should there be any further changes.
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