ES Futures Margin Changes

futures io · 2016-12-08T22:43:01-05:00

Has anyone noticed significant changes with margin requirements for ES futures options on the Thinkorswim platform? I regularly sell /ES futures option, however, the margin requirements seem prohibitively high in the past few days (even for far OTM options). Sent from my iPad using futures.io mobile app (

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bill20 Elite Member Santa Barbara, CA USA Experience: Intermediate Platform: TOS Trading: Futures Options Posts: 22 since Oct 2016 Thanks: 13 given, 9 received	Has anyone noticed significant changes with margin requirements for ES futures options on the Thinkorswim platform? I regularly sell /ES futures option, however, the margin requirements seem prohibitively high in the past few days (even for far OTM options). Sent from my iPad using futures.io mobile app

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