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A lot of that trading activity is still leveraged even if self-clearing. Futures/options trades are based on margin for instance, e.g. $4800 ES margin vs. $140,
by hidenotslide 9y ago
A lot of that trading activity is still leveraged even if self-clearing. Futures/options trades are based on margin for instance, e.g. $4800 ES margin vs. $140,000 (50x2800) notional means 29:1 leverage.