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About Margins | Performance Bonds

Margins, also known as Performance Bonds are deposits required to ensure that a clearing member can cover potential losses with his or her trading positions. Margins / Performance bonds help to ensure that clearing members can meet their obligations to their customers and to CME Clearing. Performance bonds/margins vary according to product and market volatility.

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    • CME CORE is an interactive margin calculator that enables users to calculate and evaluate initial margin requirements for all CME Group Products, and execute OTC efficiency analysis through additional analytics.

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