What is Ironbeam's intraday margin for ES?

Ironbeam lists $500 per ES contract for intraday trading (fetched 29 Oct 2026). Brokers change intraday margins without notice; check Ironbeam's own page before trading.

What is Ironbeam's intraday margin for NQ?

Ironbeam lists $1,000 per NQ contract for intraday trading (fetched 29 Oct 2026). Brokers change intraday margins without notice; check Ironbeam's own page before trading.

Ironbeam

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Profile checked as of 28 Oct 2026Margins as of 29 Oct 2026How we source this

Intraday margins

Per contract, as Ironbeam publishes them. Fetched 29 Oct 2026. Page undated; last modified 15 Apr 2026.

ES$500Overnight $23,066 MES$50Overnight $2,307 NQ$1,000Overnight $35,418 MNQ$100Overnight $3,542 YM$500Overnight $15,049 MYM$50Overnight $1,505 RTY$500Overnight $9,962 M2K$50Overnight $996 CL$2,000Overnight $4,132 MCL$200Overnight $416 GC$2,000Gold MGC$100Overnight $2,640

When intraday rates applyAll market hours except the last 15 minutes before the close.

NoteFigures apply on the Ironbeam platform and most supported third-party platforms.

All contracts

Contract	Intraday	Maintenance / overnightas reported	Notes
ESE-mini S&P 500	$500	$23,066
MESMicro E-mini S&P 500	$50	$2,307
NQE-mini Nasdaq-100	$1,000	$35,418
MNQMicro E-mini Nasdaq-100	$100	$3,542
YME-mini Dow Jones ($5)	$500	$15,049
MYMMicro E-mini Dow Jones	$50	$1,505
RTYE-mini Russell 2000	$500	$9,962
M2KMicro E-mini Russell 2000	$50	$996
ZT2-Year U.S. Treasury Note	$75	$1,320
ZF5-Year U.S. Treasury Note	$150	$1,430
ZN10-Year U.S. Treasury Note	$200	$2,063
ZB30-Year U.S. Treasury Bond	$500	$4,070
UBUltra U.S. Treasury Bond	$500	$5,665
CLWTI Crude Oil (Light Sweet)	$2,000	$4,132
MCLMicro WTI Crude Oil	$200	$416
NGHenry Hub Natural Gas	$1,000	$4,494
RBRBOB Gasoline	$1,000	$4,312
HONY Harbor ULSD (Heating Oil)	$1,500	$5,724
GCGold	$2,000	—	The page lists GC more than once with different Overnight Margin figures ($26,400 and $29,400); not used.
MGCMicro Gold	$100	$2,640
SISilver	$2,000	$35,750
SILMicro Silver (1,000 oz)	$400	$7,150
HGCopper	$500	$11,000
PLPlatinum	$2,000	$11,000
ZCCorn	$250	$1,073
ZSSoybeans	$500	$2,200
ZWChicago SRW Wheat	$250	$1,815
ZMSoybean Meal	$400	$1,705
ZLSoybean Oil	$350	$2,310
6EEuro FX	$250	$2,970
M6EMicro EUR/USD	$50	$297
6BBritish Pound	$350	$2,200
6JJapanese Yen	$250	$3,080
6AAustralian Dollar	$200	$2,090
6CCanadian Dollar	$150	$1,100
BTCBitcoin	None offered	$119,335	Ironbeam lists no day margin (N/A) for this contract.
MBTMicro Bitcoin	$50	$2,387

Ironbeam's “Overnight Margin” column. The page groups it with exchange margins (“Exchange/overnight margins fluctuate daily”) but doesn't say whether it is initial or maintenance.

Figures as printed; “—” means no figure we can read. The exchange margin for each contract is on its margin page; broker overnight figures are shown as the broker labels them and may differ from it. Source: https://www.ironbeam.com/margins/.

What intraday margin is

Intraday (“day-trading”) margin is credit a broker extends for positions that are closed before the session ends: it lets you open a position with less than the exchange margin, on the condition that you close it, or bring your account up to the exchange requirement, before a cut-off the broker sets. Brokers usually raise or suspend it around major scheduled events such as central-bank decisions and key economic releases, and can change it without notice. It is not a measure of risk: a contract's price moves the same whatever margin you post, and a smaller deposit means a loss can exceed your account balance sooner.

About Ironbeam

Ironbeam is a futures broker. This page records what Ironbeam publishes about itself: the firms that hold and clear customer accounts, the platforms it lists, how it describes commissions and market-data fees, and the margins on its public margin page, which gives intraday figures for 36 of the contracts this site tracks. Every value links to the page it came from, and anything we could not confirm from Ironbeam's own pages or the NFA register is listed under “Not verified”.

This is a record of published terms, not a review, a rating or a recommendation. Brokers change margins, prices and conditions often; Ironbeam's current terms always take precedence.

Futures commission merchant (FCM)	Ironbeam, Inc.. Regulated by CFTC, NFA, CME Group (DSRO).
Clearing	Ironbeam, Inc.
Commissions	Ironbeam publishes promotional rates of $0.39 per contract on micro contracts (CME micro equity index only) and $0.99 per contract on standard contracts for new customers using referral code IRON with a minimum deposit of $1,000; llms.txt describes these as $0.39/$0.99 per side at the base level. Exchange, clearing and NFA fees are additional, and no non-promotional schedule is published on the pages checked.
Market data fees	Ironbeam states its own platform carries no monthly platform or data fee and includes Level 2 market data (llms.txt: "Free Level 2 market data, with MBO included"); data fees for CQG, Rithmic or other third-party platforms are not published on the pages checked.
Platforms listed	Ironbeam (desktop, web, mobile), Ironbeam API, TradingView, CME Direct, Sierra Chart (Teton routing), CQG Desktop, CQG Mobile, CQG Integrated Client, CQG Spreader, Rithmic R\|Trader, Rithmic R\|Trader Pro, Rithmic R\|API+, Rithmic R\|Diamond API, MultiCharts, MultiCharts .NET, Bookmap, Jigsaw Daytradr, MotiveWave
Margin page	https://www.ironbeam.com/margins/

Questions

What is Ironbeam's intraday margin for ES?: Ironbeam lists $500 per ES contract for intraday trading (fetched 29 Oct 2026). Brokers change intraday margins without notice; check Ironbeam's own page before trading.
What is Ironbeam's intraday margin for NQ?: Ironbeam lists $1,000 per NQ contract for intraday trading (fetched 29 Oct 2026). Brokers change intraday margins without notice; check Ironbeam's own page before trading.
When do Ironbeam's intraday margins apply?: All market hours except the last 15 minutes before the close.
Who clears accounts at Ironbeam?: Ironbeam lists Ironbeam, Inc..

Not verified

nfa_id: Ironbeam, Inc.'s own NFA ID is not stated on the pages or disclosure document checked, and NFA BASIC (https://www.nfa.futures.org/BasicNet/) could not be read (JavaScript/CSRF-protected API), so nfa_id is null.
nfa_basic_registration: Registration categories could not be confirmed on NFA BASIC; FCM status is from Ironbeam's own disclosure document.
carrying_broker_scope: The disclosure document states a carrying broker relationship with Phillip Capital, Inc. (NFA ID 0422202) but the pages checked do not say which products/exchanges it covers, so Phillip Capital is not listed in clearing_fcms.
per_side_vs_per_contract: The promo page says "per contract"; llms.txt says "/side". Per-side reading not confirmed on a pricing schedule.
third_party_data_fees: Data fees when using CQG, Rithmic or other third-party platforms are not published on the pages checked.

Sources

https://www.ironbeam.com/futures-account-promo/: commission_note (promo rates and conditions), data_fees_note (no platform/data fee, Level 2); checked 2026-10-28
https://www.ironbeam.com/llms.txt: FCM/clearing description, NFA member / CFTC registered, per-side wording of rates, Level 2/MBO data statement; checked 2026-10-28
https://www.ironbeam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Ironbeam-Disclosure-Document-June-2026-FINAL.pdf: entity name (Ironbeam, Inc.), FCM registration, DSRO, CME Group clearing membership, Phillip Capital carrying broker, Tavage, Inc. ownership; checked 2026-10-28
https://www.ironbeam.com/legal-disclosures-and-full-disclaimers/: entity name (Ironbeam, Inc.), FCM/CFTC 1.55 disclosure statement; checked 2026-10-28
https://www.ironbeam.com/trading-platforms/: platforms; checked 2026-10-28
https://www.ironbeam.com/margins/: margin_page_url (page loads; day/overnight margins listed); checked 2026-10-28