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DISCOUNT FUTURES TRADING FOR PROFESSIONALS
Professional Traders can now benefit from institutional pricing and institutional leverage. Hedge funds and institutions have long benefited from low pricing on transactions combined with intraday leverage. This allows the pros to capitalize on quickly changing, intraday momentum swings. Now you can trade like the pro's do with Abaco!
Trade like the Pros with Abaco!
Here are just a few of the many benefits of opening your account with Abaco Futures:
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Pay less in transaction fees as low as $2.97 per contract charge. This includes all exchange fees, platform fees, etc. for BESTDirect 8 users
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Markets eligible for this discounted rate are US electronic futures products
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Use up to 8 to 1 leverage* for day trading or 12.5% of initial margin requirements for US Electronic Futures Products.
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Help protect your account from large drawdowns with pre-programmed auto liquidation settings for risk management
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Trade when the news is happening with 24 hour market access, and many times with greater liquidity than equities
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Ease of trading with 3rd generation technology on the BESTDirect order entry system
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Keep less on deposit with your futures account by avoiding the stock brokerage industry standard $25,000 minimum account size required to day trade equities and options. These rules do not apply to Futures accounts. Call us at 561-283-4282 to learn more about futures account requirements.
- Futures vs. Stocks and ETFs video courtesy of CME GROUP
MARGINS FOR POPULARLY TRADED CONTRACTS
Futures Instrument |
Electronic Symbol |
Day Trading Margins |
Initial Margin Overnights |
Maintenance Margin Overnights |
10 year Treasury |
ZN |
$270 |
$2160 |
$1600 |
| Australian Dollar |
6A |
$670 |
$4320 |
$3200 |
| British Pound |
6B |
$260 |
$2025 |
$1500 |
| Canadian Dollar |
6C |
$390 |
$3105 |
$2300 |
Eurodollar FX |
6E |
$680 |
$5400 |
$4000 |
| E-Mini Euro FX |
E7 |
$340 |
$2700 |
$2000 |
| Japanese Yen |
6J |
$680 |
$5400 |
$4000 |
| E-Mini Japanese Yen |
J7 |
$340 |
$2700 |
$2000 |
| Dollar Index (ICE) |
DX |
$280 |
$2195 |
$1650 |
DAX |
FDAX |
1650€ |
13180€ |
13180€ |
Eurostoxx 50 |
FESX |
380€ |
3034€ |
3034€ |
Eurex 10 Year Bund |
FGBL |
340€ |
2687€ |
2687€ |
| Swiss Franc |
6S |
$1090 |
$8700 |
$6000 |
E-Micro AUD/USD FX |
M6A |
$100 |
$236 |
$175 |
E-Micro EUR/USD FX |
M6E |
$125 |
$373 |
$276 |
E-Micro GBP/USD FX |
M6B |
$65 |
$203 |
$150 |
E-Micro USD/CAD FX |
M6C |
$100 |
$268 |
$198 |
E-Micro USD/CHF FX |
M6S |
$125 |
$385 |
$285 |
E-Micro USD/JPY FX |
M6J |
$100 |
$260 |
$192 |
100oz. Gold |
GC |
$1440 |
$11474 |
$8499 |
E-Mini Gold (33 oz.) |
YG |
$480 |
$3825 |
$2833 |
E-Micro Gold (10oz.) |
MGC |
$150 |
$1148 |
$850 |
Crude Oil |
CL |
$1020 |
$8100 |
$6000 |
E-Mini Crude Oil |
QM |
$530 |
$4050 |
$3000 |
| Heating Oil |
HO |
$1000 |
$7380 |
$5800 |
| Natural Gas |
NG |
$470 |
$3375 |
$2500 |
| E-Mini Natural Gas |
QG |
$110 |
$844 |
$625 |
E-Mini Russell 2000 |
TF |
$860 |
$6850 |
$6850 |
E-Mini S&P 500 |
ES |
$625 |
$5000 |
$4000 |
E-Mini Dow |
YM |
$550 |
$4375 |
$3500 |
| E-Mini NASDAQ 100 |
NQ |
$440 |
$3500 |
$2800 |
| Please click here to see our margin rates for other futures instruments |
| All margin rates are subject to change without notice. |
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Abaco Futures is a guaranteed introducing broker for PFGBEST. There is substantial risk of loss in trading futures, commodities and options on futures. Past performance is not indicative of future results. The use of leverage may enhance returns when trades are performing favorably. However, losses may also accelerate if trades do not perform as intended. Abaco Futures tries to accommodate clients globally. However, Abaco Futures can not guarantee the accuracy of any translations performed by Google Translate's translation service. |
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