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1) Changes to presidential election futures margin requirements! ftx.com/trade/TRUMP The election is soon, so volatility will increase. As such, margin requirements will go up for president2020 contracts.

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2) In 24 hours (2020-10-31 8am HKT), we will a) increase initial margin requirement to $0.50, so you need $0.50 to get short 1 TRUMP or $0.36 (the current price of TRUMP) to get long 1 TRUMP b) increase maintenance margin requirement to $0.40 - $0.10 * days until the election

12:47 AM · Oct 30, 2020Twitter Web App

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3) this applies to BIDEN as well, obviously. If you have a position in the contracts, make sure to manage your risk going into the election!

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"b) increase maintenance margin requirement" this may cause current positions to be liquidated, which is quite unfair for high leverage users. They may be either partially liquidated or have to expose more risks if they want to insist on their longs or shorts.

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Alas it's necessary: the market will become very volatile by election day and so margin requirements have to go up. This has been disclosed from the beginning:

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