Comacks Increased Margin Requirements on Crude Oil

Comack increased margin requirements on crude oil to punish evil speculators. Given my leverage, a temporary liquidation event could throw me off the trade. I'd be shocked if it ever went that high. But it would something that you could expect to increase by a significant portion. If you're at all close like you, i always say, if you're trading futures and you're asking what the margin is, you're trading too big don't you think?

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