Margin Levels for Futures Contracts - Current 
21/05/2012 
 

Please be reminded that the minimum margin rates below are for your firm's financially strongest clients. Exchange Participants should set their margin requirements according to each client's individual circumstances.

  

    

Commodity Futures 

 

 

Product

Client Margin

Clearing House Margin

Initial

Maintenance

 

(US$)

(US$)

(US$)

Gold Futures

Full Rate

8,190

6,550

6,190

(/lot)

Spread Rate

2,460

1,970

1,860

(/spread)

 

         

Index Futures 

 

 

Product

Client Margin

Clearing House Margin

Initial

Maintenance

 

(HK$)

(HK$)

(HK$)

Hang Seng Index Futures

Full Rate

66,250

53,000

53,000

(/lot)

Spread Rate

7,500

6,000

6,000

(/spread)

Mini-Hang Seng Index Futures

Full Rate

13,250

10,600

10,600

(/lot)

Spread Rate

1,500

1,200

1,200

(/spread)

H-share Index Futures

Full Rate

34,700

27,750

27,750

(/lot)

Spread Rate

10,450

8,350

8,350

(/spread)

Mini-H-share Index Futures

Full Rate

6,940

5,550

5,550

(/lot)

Spread Rate

2,090

1,670

1,670

(/spread)

HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures

Full Rate

1,880

1,510

1,510

(/lot)

Spread Rate

2,260

1,820

1,820

(/spread)

HSI Dividend Point Index Futures

Full Rate

3,610

2,890

2,890

(/lot)

Spread Rate

4,340

3,470

3,470

(/spread)

HSI Volatility Index Futures

Full Rate

31,560

25,250

25,250

(/lot)

Spread Rate

9,470

7,580

7,580

(/spread)

IBOVESPA Futures

Full Rate

19,780

15,830

15,830

(/lot)

Spread Rate

5,940

4,750

4,750

(/spread)

MICEX Index Futures

Full Rate

16,490

13,190

13,190

(/lot)

Spread Rate

4,950

3,960

3,960

(/spread)

Sensex Index Futures

Full Rate

11,030

8,830

8,830

(/lot)

Spread Rate

3,310

2,650

2,650

(/spread)

FTSE/JSE Top40 Futures

Full Rate

18,940

15,150

15,150

(/lot)

Spread Rate

5,690

4,550

4,550

(/spread)

    

       

Interest Rate Futures 

 

 

Product

Client Margin

Clearing House Margin

Initial

Maintenance

 

(HK$)

(HK$)

(HK$)

Three-year Exchange Fund Note (EFN) Futures

Full Rate

10,890

8,710

8,710

(/lot)

Spread Rate

3,270

2,620

2,620

(/spread)

One-Month HIBOR Futures

Full Rate

418

335

314

(/lot)

Spread Rate

Please refer to the attached table

 

(/spread)

Three-Month HIBOR Futures

Full Rate

696

557

522

(/lot)

Spread Rate

Please refer to the attached table

 

(/spread)

 

Stock Futures 

 

 

Product

Client Margin

Clearing House Margin

Initial

Maintenance

 

(HK$)

(HK$)

(HK$)

Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd. Futures

Full Rate

735

588

552

(/lot)

Spread Rate

221

177

166

(/spread)

Bank of China Ltd Futures

Full Rate

206

165

164

(/lot)

Spread Rate

62

50

50

(/spread)

Bank of Communications Co Ltd Futures

Full Rate

416

333

313

(/lot)

Spread Rate

125

100

94

(/spread)

The Bank of East Asia Limited Futures 

Full Rate

366

293

293

(/lot)

Spread Rate

110

88

88

(/spread)

BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Ltd. Futures

Full Rate

682

546

546

(/lot)

Spread Rate

205

164

164

(/spread)

China Construction Bank Corporation Futures

Full Rate

429

343

326

(/lot)

Spread Rate

129

103

98

(/spread)

China Communications Construction Co. Limited Futures

Full Rate

829

663

627

(/lot)

Spread Rate

249

199

189

(/spread)

China Mobile Limited Futures

Full Rate

2,690

2,150

2,150

(/lot)

Spread Rate

807

645

645

(/spread)

China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited Futures

Full Rate

2,210

1,770

1,670

(/lot)

Spread Rate

663

531

501

(/spread)

CITIC Pacific Limited Futures

Full Rate

810

648

648

(/lot)

Spread Rate

243

195

195

(/spread)

Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited Futures

Full Rate

7,580

6,070

5,700

(/lot)

Spread Rate

2,280

1,830

1,710

(/spread)

China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Futures

Full Rate

1,860

1,490

1,390

(/lot)

Spread Rate

558

447

417

(/spread)

CLP Holdings Limited Futures

Full Rate

2,080

1,670

1,640

(/lot)

Spread Rate

624

501

492

(/spread)

China Merchants Bank Futures

Full Rate

618

495

464

(/lot)

Spread Rate

186

149

140

(/spread)

CNOOC Limited Futures

Full Rate

1,310

1,050

1,010

(/lot)

Spread Rate

393

315

303

(/spread)

Cathay Pacific Airways Limited Futures

Full Rate

1,060

841

799

(/lot)

Spread Rate

318

253

240

(/spread)

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation Futures

Full Rate

1,140

912

863

(/lot)

Spread Rate

342

274

259

(/spread)

China Telecom Corporation Ltd. Futures

Full Rate

591

473

447

(/lot)

Spread Rate

178

142

135

(/spread)

Esprit Holdings Limited Futures

Full Rate

253

203

191

(/lot)

Spread Rate

76

61

58

(/spread)  

Foxconn International Holdings Limited Futures

Full Rate

831

665

634

(/lot)

Spread Rate

250

200

191

(/spread)

Power Assets Holdings Limited Futures

Full Rate

1,750

1,400

1,400

(/lot)

Spread Rate

525

420

420

(/spread)

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited Futures 

Full Rate

785

628

628

(/lot)

Spread Rate

236

189

189

(/spread)

HSBC Holdings plc Futures 

Full Rate

1,700

1,360

1,360

(/lot)

Spread Rate

510

408

408

(/spread)

Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited Futures

Full Rate

1,280

1,030

1,030

(/lot)

Spread Rate

384

309

309

(/spread)

Henderson Land Development Company Limited Futures

Full Rate

3,360

2,690

2,530

(/lot)

Spread Rate

1,010

807

759

(/spread)

Huaneng Power International, Inc. Futures

Full Rate

1,100

874

820

(/lot)

Spread Rate

330

263

246

(/spread)

Hang Seng Bank Limited Futures

Full Rate

650

520

520

(/lot)

Spread Rate

195

156

156

(/spread)

Hutchison Whampoa Limited Futures

Full Rate

4,610

3,690

3,690

(/lot)

Spread Rate

1,390

1,110

1,110

(/spread)

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd Futures

Full Rate

364

291

274

(/lot)

Spread Rate

110

88

83

(/spread)

Li & Fung Limited Futures

Full Rate

3,540

2,830

2,670

(/lot)

Spread Rate

1,070

849

801

(/spread)

MTR Corporation Limited Futures

Full Rate

867

694

694

(/lot)

Spread Rate

261

209

209

(/spread)

New World Development Co. Ltd. Futures (NWD - Multiplier = 1,000)

Full Rate

900

720

676

(/lot)

Spread Rate

270

216

203

(/spread)

New World Development Co. Ltd. Futures (NWA - Multiplier = 1,089)

Full Rate

980

784

736

(/lot)

Spread Rate

294

235

221

(/spread)

Ping An Insurance (Group) Co of China Ltd Futures

Full Rate

2,690

2,150

2,030

(/lot)

Spread Rate

807

645

609

(/spread)

PetroChina Company Limited Futures

Full Rate

1,430

1,140

1,140

(/lot)

Spread Rate

429

342

342

(/spread)

PICC Property and Casualty Co. Limited Futures (PIC - Multiplier = 2,000)

Full Rate

2,140

1,710

1,610

(/lot)

Spread Rate

642

513

483

(/spread)

PICC Property and Casualty Co. Limited Futures (PIA - Multiplier = 2,098)

Full Rate

2,245

1,794

1,689

(/lot)

Spread Rate

673

538

507

(/spread)

Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited Futures

Full Rate

12,780

10,230

9,710

(/lot)

Spread Rate

3,840

3,070

2,920

(/spread)

Swire Pacific Limited "A" Shares Futures (SWA - Multiplier = 500)

Full Rate

2,800

2,240

2,210

(/lot)

Spread Rate

840

672

663

(/spread)

Swire Pacific Limited "A" Shares Futures (SWE - Multiplier = 575)

Full Rate

3,222

2,578

2,543

(/lot)

Spread Rate

967

773

763

(/spread)

The Wharf (Holdings) Ltd. Futures

Full Rate

3,590

2,880

2,700

(/lot)

Spread Rate

1,080

864

810

(/spread)