F&O Margin Requirements reduced for Crude & Crude Mini Contracts – MCX

MCX risk management team has reduced the margin requirements for Crude & Crude Mini F&O contracts to normal levels. As a result, we have reduced the effective margins for trading are as mentioned below:

• Crude Oil Mini:
  – Margin required for Cover Orders & Bracket Orders (CO & BO) reduced to ₹464.
  – Margin requirement for intraday positions reduced to ₹1,800 (Approximate).
  – Margin requirement for overnight positions reduced to ₹6,000 (Approximate).
• Crude Oil:
  – Margins required for Cover Orders & Bracket Orders (CO & BO) reduced to ₹4642.
  – Margin requirement for intraday positions reduced to ₹18,000 (Approximate).
  – Margin requirement for overnight positions reduced to ₹60,000 (Approximate).

This is related to our earlier notice on 18th September when MCX had increased the margin requirements.