Optimus Futures
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Intraday margins
Per contract, as Optimus Futures publishes them. Fetched 29 Oct 2026. Page undated.
All contracts
| Contract | Intraday | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ESE-mini S&P 500 | $500 | |
| MESMicro E-mini S&P 500 | $50 | |
| NQE-mini Nasdaq-100 | $1,000 | |
| MNQMicro E-mini Nasdaq-100 | $100 | |
| YME-mini Dow Jones ($5) | $500 | |
| MYMMicro E-mini Dow Jones | $50 | |
| RTYE-mini Russell 2000 | $500 | |
| M2KMicro E-mini Russell 2000 | $50 | |
| ZT2-Year U.S. Treasury Note | $200 | |
| ZF5-Year U.S. Treasury Note | $150 | |
| ZN10-Year U.S. Treasury Note | $200 | |
| ZB30-Year U.S. Treasury Bond | $500 | |
| UBUltra U.S. Treasury Bond | $500 | |
| CLWTI Crude Oil (Light Sweet) | $2,000 | |
| MCLMicro WTI Crude Oil | $200 | |
| NGHenry Hub Natural Gas | $1,000 | |
| RBRBOB Gasoline | $1,000 | |
| HONY Harbor ULSD (Heating Oil) | $1,500 | |
| GCGold | $1,250 | |
| MGCMicro Gold | $125 | |
| SISilver | $2,000 | |
| SILMicro Silver (1,000 oz) | $400 | |
| HGCopper | None offered | Optimus lists the exchange margin for this contract (no day-trading rate). |
| PLPlatinum | None offered | Optimus lists the exchange margin for this contract (no day-trading rate). |
| ZCCorn | $250 | |
| ZSSoybeans | $500 | |
| ZWChicago SRW Wheat | $250 | |
| ZMSoybean Meal | $400 | |
| ZLSoybean Oil | $350 | |
| 6EEuro FX | $250 | |
| 6BBritish Pound | $350 | |
| 6JJapanese Yen | $250 | |
| 6AAustralian Dollar | $200 | |
| 6CCanadian Dollar | $150 | |
| MBTMicro Bitcoin | $100 |
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://optimusfutures.com/Margin-Rates.php.
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 Optimus Futures
Optimus Futures is a futures broker. This page records what Optimus Futures 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 33 of the contracts this site tracks. Every value links to the page it came from, and anything we could not confirm from Optimus Futures' 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; Optimus Futures' current terms always take precedence.
| Introducing broker (IB) | Optimus Futures, LLC. Regulated by CFTC, NFA; NFA ID 0481133 (as stated by the broker). |
|---|---|
| Clearing | Ironbeam, ADM Investor Services, Gain Capital, Wedbush, Phillip Capital |
| Commissions | For new self-directed accounts opened after September 20, 2022 and cleared by Ironbeam, Optimus publishes $0.25 per side on micro contracts and $0.75 per side on standard contracts, with daily-volume tiers down to $0.05 (micro) / $0.10 (standard) per side that must be requested and are not applied automatically. FCM clearing, exchange and NFA fees are additional, non-US customers may pay an extra clearing fee of $0.25 per side (standard) and $0.16 per side (micro), and holding positions past the session close or using lower day trading margins may result in higher commissions. |
| Market data fees | Optimus states CME Level 1 data is $3 per month, rebated for clients placing 10 or more trades per month via a monthly rebate form; datafeed routing is published per side by feed (Rithmic $0.10, CQG $0.10, several others $0.00) and third-party platforms carry their own licence fees. Other exchange data fees are not itemised on the pages checked. |
| Platforms listed | Optimus Flow, Optimus Web, Optimus Mobile, ATAS, Bookmap, CQG QTrader, CQG Desktop, CQG Trader, CQG Mobile, CTS T4, Firetip, Gain Trader, iBroker, iSystems, Jigsaw daytradr, MotiveWave, MetaTrader 5, MultiCharts, MultiCharts.NET, Oak Desktop, Oak Web, QST, R|Trader Pro, Sierra Chart, Trade Navigator, TradeStation, TradingView, TT Platform Standard, TT Platform Pro, TrendSpider |
| Margin page | https://optimusfutures.com/Margin-Rates.php |
Questions
- What is Optimus Futures' intraday margin for ES?
- Optimus Futures lists $500 per ES contract for intraday trading (fetched 29 Oct 2026). Brokers change intraday margins without notice; check Optimus Futures' own page before trading.
- What is Optimus Futures' intraday margin for NQ?
- Optimus Futures lists $1,000 per NQ contract for intraday trading (fetched 29 Oct 2026). Brokers change intraday margins without notice; check Optimus Futures' own page before trading.
- When do Optimus Futures' intraday margins apply?
- From 5:00 PM CT until 3:45 PM CT the following day.
- Who clears accounts at Optimus Futures?
- Optimus Futures lists Ironbeam, ADM Investor Services, Gain Capital, Wedbush, Phillip Capital.
Not verified
nfa_basic_registration: NFA BASIC (https://www.nfa.futures.org/BasicNet/) loads profile data via a JavaScript/ CSRF-protected API and could not be read; IB category and NFA ID 0481133 are as stated on Optimus's own About page.clearing_fcms_legal_names: The FCMs page uses short names (Ironbeam, ADM Investor Services, Gain Capital, Wedbush, Phillip Capital); full legal entity names and NFA IDs of these FCMs were not confirmed. The "Gain Capital" entry links to a StoneX portal; current legal name not confirmed.terms_at_non_ironbeam_fcms: Commission, margin and data terms for accounts cleared at FCMs other than Ironbeam are not published.
Sources
- https://optimusfutures.com/FCMs.php: clearing_fcms, platforms (platform filter list), Ironbeam-only scope of published terms, NFA/CFTC statement; checked 2026-10-28
- https://optimusfutures.com/About-Us.php: entity name (Optimus Futures, LLC), IB role, NFA member ID 0481133; checked 2026-10-28
- https://optimusfutures.com/Futures-Trading-Pricing.php: commission_note, CME Level 1 data fee and rebate condition; checked 2026-10-28
- https://optimusfutures.com/Datafeeds.php: per-side datafeed routing fees in data_fees_note; checked 2026-10-28
- https://optimusfutures.com/Futures-Trading-Platforms.php: platforms (Optimus Web/Mobile, TrendSpider), third-party platform licence fees; checked 2026-10-28
- https://optimusfutures.com/Margin-Rates.php: margin_page_url (page loads; day trading margins listed); checked 2026-10-28