DE30 & UK100 Margin Decrease on Friday, 30 Jun 2016


    Upon further reassessment on the post-Brexit volatility, adjustments have been made on the margin requirements for DE30 and UK100, and will be implemented on Friday, 30 Jun 2016, 10am UK time (9am GMT).

    Please note that: DE30 has been revised from 8 times to 5 times. UK100 has been revised from 20 times to 10 times.

    Below is the full list of instruments and their margin requirements after this revision:

    Affected Instruments Margin Requirements Affected Instruments Margin Requirements
    AUDCHF 2 times GBPCHF 2 times
    CADCHF 2 times GBPJPY 2 times
    CHFJPY 2 times GBPNZD 2 times
    CHFSGD 2 times GBPSGD 2 times
    EURAUD 2 times GBPUSD 2 times
    EURCAD 2 times NZDCHF 2 times
    EURCHF 2 times USDCHF 2 times
    EURGBP 2 times XAGUSD 1 times
    EURJPY 2 times XAUUSD 1 times
    EURNOK 2 times DE30 5 times
    EURNZD 2 times ES35 2 times
    EURSEK 2 times F40 2 times
    EURSGD 2 times STOXX50 2 times
    EURTRY 2 times UK100 10 times
    EURUSD 2 times UKOil 3 times
    GBPAUD 2 times USOil 3 times
    GBPCAD 2 times

    Blackwell Global will continue to monitor the markets, and will keep you updated should there be any changes to margin rates due to market volatility.