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Published in TZ Latest News 12 May, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Questions on Standard Margin/ Intraday Margin

Hi all,

I’m a new trader and I started day trading Henry Hub Natural Gas futures. I was told that I violated the Intraday trading policy b/c I didn’t flat the position 10 minutes before the market session ends. And I was set to the standard margin. My question is:

As trading commodity futures, one cannot choose to do intraday trading AND hold the position over night like trading stocks? One must choose one of those or what? So if I choose intraday trading margin, I MUST close…

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