Cannon Trading Co. Inc.
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Since 1988

$400 Day Trading Margins + Margin Requirements

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About Our Day Trading Margins

In partnership with our clearing houses, Cannon Trading Co. can offer some of the most aggressive day trading margins available.  Typical accounts work with day trading margins of $400 – $500 per contract.  By looking at such measurable variables as account size, trade volume and your past trading experience and combining those with other factors such as your daily trading activity / behavior (whether or not you use stops; whether or not you hold trades until the last minutes of the session etc.)  as well as the platform you trade with we can customize your day trading margins to even more aggressive levels than below.

Margin Requirements

Market Day Trading Margin
Mini SP, Mini Dow, Mini Russell, Mini Nasdaq $400
Bonds, 10 years $300
Currencies (Euro, Yen, Canadian, Austrian, British Pound, Swiss franc) $500
DAX $2000
Electronic gold/ silver, mini crude, Mini Natural gas $500
Other Markets Please inquire here

Current Overnight Margins

Market Initial Maintenance
10 YR AGENCY 945 700
13 WEEK T-BILL 405 300
30 DAY FED FUND 338 250
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR 2,430 1,600
BRAZILIAN REAL 2,800 2,000
BRITISH POUND 2,430 1,800
BUND 810 600
BUTTER* 1,620 1,200
CANADIAN DOLLAR* 2,565 1,900
CATTLE, FEEDER 1,350 1,000
CATTLE, LIVE 1080 800
COCOA 2,660 1,900
COFFEE 4,900 3,500
COPPER HI-GRADE 7,763 5,750
CORN* 1,350 1,000
COTTON 4,900 3,500
CRB INDEX 6,000 6,000
CRUDE OIL 8,775 6,500
DAX 13,760 13,760
DJ EURO STOXX 50 2,500 2,500
DJ STOXX 50 1,900 1,900
DOLLAR INDEX 1,064 800
DOW INDUSTRIAL INDEX 7,005 5,604
DOW INDUSTRIAL INDEX MINI $5 3,503 2,802
EUREX BOBL 0.850 0.850
EUREX BUND 1.500 1.500
EURO FX 3,510 2,600
EURO FX E-MINI 1,283 950
EURO DOLLAR 1,013 750
EUROYEN (in yen) 540,000 400,000
FED Funds (30 day) 878 650
FROZEN OJ 1,890 1,350
GOLD COMEX 5,400 4,000
100 oz. GOLD (CBOT) 4,455 3,300
GOLDMAN INDEX 8,100 5,400
HEATING OIL 10,125 7,500
JAPANESE YEN 3,780 2,800
JAPANESE YEN E-MINI 1,350 1,000
KC VALUE LINE 1,000 800
LEAN HOGS 1,215 900
LIBOR (1 MO) CME 608 450
LUMBER 110K 1,650 1,100
MCE CORN 270 200
MCE SILVER MINI 810 600
MCE SOYBEANS 540 400
MCE WHEAT 311 230
MEXICAN PESO 1,875 1,500
MILK CME 1,350 1,000
MUNICIPAL BONDS 878 650
NASDAQ 100 INDEX* 13,750 11,000
NASDAQ E-MINI 100 3,250 2,600
NATURAL GAS* 9,788 7,250
NATURAL GAS E-MINI 3,038 2,250
NEW FTSE 100 3,000 3,000
NIKKEI INDEX 5,000 4,000
NYSE INDEX (YU) 15,500 15,500
NYSE SMALL INDEX (MU) 1,550 1,550
NYMEX MINY Gasoline 3,038 2,750
OATS 1,350 1,000
PALLADIUM 6,075 4,500
PLATINUM 9,450 7,000
PORK BELLIES, FROZEN 1,620 1,200
PROPANE 4,388 3,250
RBOB GASOLINE* 9,788 7,250
ROUGH RICE* 3,105 2,300
RUSSELL 1000 13,000 13,000
RUSSELL 1000 E-MINI 4,375 3,500
RUSSELL 2000 INDEX 15,000 15,000
RUSSELL 2000 E-MINI 5,250 4,200
RUSSIAN RUBLE 3,000 2,000
S&P MID 400 20,000 16,000
S&P 500 E-MINI 4,500 3,600
S&P 500 22,500 18,000
SILVER COMEX 7,763 5,750
5,000 oz. SILVER (CBOT) 6,075 4,500
SOYBEAN MEAL 2,700 2,000
SOYBEAN OIL* 2,295 1,700
SOYBEANS* 4,725 3,500
SUGAR #11 1,540 1,100
SWISS FRANC* 3,240 2,400
UNLEADED GAS 6,050 4,500
US 2 YR T-NOTE 1,215 900
US 5 YR T-NOTE 1,485 1,100
US 10 YR T-NOTE 2,160 1,600
US T-BONDS 2,700 2,000
WHEAT 6,075 4,500
WHEAT KC 3,750 3,000
WHEAT MN* 4,550 3,500
MINI CORN* 270 200
E-MINI CRUDE OIL 3,544 2,625
E-MINI DOW INDUSTRIAL INDEX $5 3,503 2,802
E-MINI EURO FX 1,755 1,300
MINI GOLD 1,485 1,100
E-MINI JAPANESE YEN 1,890 1,400
MINI WHEAT 1,215 900
MINI SOYBEANS* 945 700
MINI SILVER 810 600
E-MINI S&P 500 4,500 3,600
E-MINI S&P MIDCAP 4,000 3,200
E-MINI RUSSELL 1000 4,375 3,500
E-MINI RUSSELL 2000 5,250 4,200
E-MINI NASDAQ 100* 2,750 2,200
NYMEX miNY Gasoline (tier 1)* 4,894 3,625
NYMEX miNY Heating Oil (tier 1)* 5,063 3,750
NYMEX miNY Natural Gas (tier 1)* 2,447 1,813