Futures Margin Chart

Name	Ticker	Margin Required Per Contract (For Day Trades)	Point Per Contract
Micro E-mini S&P 500	MES	$50 Per Contract	$5 Per Point
E-mini S&P 500	ES	$500 Per Contract	$50 Per Point
Micro E-mini Nasdaq 100	MNQ	$100 Per Contract	$2 Per Point
E-mini Nasdaq 100	NQ	$1000 Per Contract	$20 Per Point
Micro E-mini Dow	MYM	$50 Per Contract	$0.5 Per Point
E-mini Dow	YM	$500 Per Contract	$5 Per Point
Micro E-mini Russell 2000	M2K	$50 Per Contract	$5 Per Point
E-mini Russell 2000	RTY	$500 Per Contract	$50 Per Point
Micro Crude Oil	MCL	$100 Per Contract	$1 Per Cent
Crude Oil	CL	$1000 Per Contract	$10 Per Cent
E-micro Gold	MGC	$200 Per Contract	$10 Per Point
E-Mini Gold	QO	$500 Per Contract	$50 Per Point
Gold	GC	$1000 Per Contract	$100 Per Point

How much do you need to have in your account in order to trade ONE contract
If I have $100 in my account, I can trade up to 2 MES Contracts
- ($50 per contract X 2 contracts = $100; I just have enough to trade 2)
- P.S. That doesn’t mean get as many contracts as you can, still manage your risk

Every dollar this Future moves, that is how much you make or lose
(Point = Dollar, they just call it a point)
- “ES just went up 5 points” = S&P 500 Futures just went up $5