A few questions

[Austiner87]

Hello NT8 support,

I have a few questions on trading on the NT platform:

Q1: For trading CME futures (NQ, ES, etc), What is the time of day that the initial margin requirements begin, I see it says 15 minutes before market close, would that be 4:45pm CST?

Q2: For CME futures, I understand Initial Margin is the funds required to hold contracts over market close. Can you please help me understand what Maintenance Margin is and how it differs from Initial Margin?

Q3: What is the number for the NT trading help desk - specifically the number I can call if I have a problem with my computer and I need to call in to close out all of my open positions.

Q4: On NT8, is there a limit to how many CME contracts I can buy/sell per day.

Thank you!

[NinjaTrader_Manfred]

Hello Austiner87,

Thank you very much for your post.

As this forum is focused on the technical support of NinjaTrader and NinjaScript, we are unfortunately not able to assist you with brokerage-related questions directly.

For further information, please contact our brokerage team at brokeragesupport (at) ninjatrader (dot) com, they can then assist you with the requested information.

If there is anything we can assist you with regarding the platform itself, please don't hesitate to let us know!

[jeronymite]

Austiner87 A quick internet search for "futures margin explained" should provide many references for you.

Even NinjaTrader has written on the subject: https://ninjatrader.com/blog/?s=margin

Thanks.