Along with price limits and capital requirements, the margin mechanism ensures the integrity of futures markets. Margin committees and brokers in futures markets face a trade-off when setting the margin level. A high level protects brokers against insolvent customers and thus reinforces market integ
Extreme price movements and margin levels in futures markets
β Scribed by Franklin R. Edwards; Salih N. Neftci
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 873 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-7314
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β¦ Synopsis
Since definition 1) is the least stringent and provides the most degrees of freedom, it is not surprising that our results show fewer significant correlations for definitions 2) and 3).
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rokers and exchanges require customers to provide security deposits called B margins when they trade in futures markets. Minimum margin levels are set by exchanges and brokers must set margin requirements for their customers at least equal to these minimums. This system has come under attack as fina
1' cash prices. The live cattle futures in particular have been criticized. Although some have argued that futures trading can lower the average level of cash prices (Wise, 1962;Bagnell, 1963), a more common belief is that futures markets tend to destabilize cash prices and thus increase the risk fa