Futures broker margins by contract
Intraday margins as each broker publishes them, per contract. Brokers are listed alphabetically; this is not a ranking or a recommendation.
Broker margins as of How we source this
Brokers in alphabetical orderSelect a column heading to sort, again to reverseSelect a broker for its conditions and every contract
| AMP FuturesFetched 29 Oct 2026 | $400 | $40 | $1,000 | $100 | $500 | $50 | $500 | $50 | $2,805.50 | $280 | $5,797.50 | $580 |
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| IronbeamFetched 29 Oct 2026 | $500 | $50 | $1,000 | $100 | $500 | $50 | $500 | $50 | $2,000 | $200 | $2,000 | $100 |
| NinjaTraderFetched 29 Oct 2026 | $500 | $50 | $1,000 | $100 | $500 | $50 | $500 | $50 | $1,000 | $100 | $2,000 | $200 |
| Optimus FuturesFetched 29 Oct 2026 | $500 | $50 | $1,000 | $100 | $500 | $50 | $500 | $50 | $2,000 | $200 | $1,250 | $125 |
“—” means the broker's page has no figure we can read for that contract. Conditions (hours, event suspensions, account minimums) differ by broker and are on each contract's margin page and each broker's page.
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.
By contract
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