initial margin meaning

• [Economics]
  A payment that must be deposited in a brokerage account on the initial purchase or sale of an exchange-traded future or option to cover the risks involved in the transaction.

  See:

  margin.

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  [Finance]
  (1) Amount of money deposited by both buyers and sellers of futures contracts to ensure performance of the terms of the contract; (2) amount of cash or eligible securities required to be deposited with a broker before engaging in margin transactions.

• Total trade equity minus initial margin
• initial margin futures
• In some circumstances, you may sustain losses in excess of your initial margin funds
• The futures exchange requires investors to pay only 15 per cent of their order as initial margins
• ROM may be calculated ( realized return ) / ( initial margin ).
• Several popular methods are used to compute initial margins.
• Initial margin is set by the exchange.
• "' Initial margin "'is the equity required to initiate a futures position.
• Merchandise margins improved at all divisions, the result of higher initial margins and less promotional activity than last year,
• Regulators have also approved the reduction of the initial margin to 30 percent of share value from 40 percent, beginning Nov . 20.

• "initial margin" meaning in Chinese: 初始保证金
• "initial margin" meaning in Japanese: イニシャル?マージン
• "initial margin" meaning in Russian: первоначальная маржа