The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) announced that effective with the opening of business on Wednesday, July 26, 2006, the margin requirements are as follows:
FCOJ – A (OJ) Initial: Spec (Per Contract) Maintenance: 1,960 USD (+280) & 1,400 USD (+200), similarly for Initial: Hedge (Per Contract) Maintenance: 1,400 USD (+200) & 1,400 USD (+200).
FCOJ - B (OB) Initial: Spec (Per Contract) Maintenance: 1,960 USD (+280) & 1,400 USD (+200), similarly for Initial: Hedge (Per Contract) Maintenance: 1,400 USD (+200 ) & 1,400 USD (+200 ).
EURO/HUNGARIAN FORINT (HR) : Initial: Spec (Per Contract) Maintenance: 598,500 HF (+66,500 ) & 450,000 HF (+50,000 ), similarly for Initial: Hedge (Per Contract) Maintenance: 450,000 HF (+50,000 ) & 450,000 HF (+50,000 ).
Margin rates for all other NYBOT products remain unchanged. A complete grid of margin rates for all NYBOT products is available at website.
The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) is New York's original futures exchange, where the world trades food, fiber and financial products. For well over a century, the New York Board of Trade has provided reliability, integrity and security in a global marketplace for cocoa, coffee, cotton, ethanol, orange juice, wood pulp and sugar, as well as currency and index futures and options.
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