What margin is needed for after hours / pre-market trading?

[nicknewman92]

Hi NT Team, forgive me if this has already been addressed on the website. I know holding a position overnight (which is past 3:45pm CT) requires excess initial margin.


For reference: https://ninjatrader.com/blog/monitor...argin-columns/

For NinjaTrader Brokerage clients, intraday positions must be closed 15 minutes prior to session close. This is 3:45 pm CT for the majority of popular contracts which is 15 minutes before the official session close at 4:00 pm CT. At this time, traders should ensure they do not have a negative value in the Excess intraday margin column.

For example, today I closed my position before 3:45pm, then the futures had their 1 hour break from 4-5pm CT. What happens if I trade after 5pm? Which margin is needed for that?

[NinjaTrader_Manfred]

Hello nicknewman92,

Thank you very much for your post.

Please contact us directly via email at support (at) ninjatrader (dot) com with any brokerage-related questions. Our forum is focused on the NinjaTrader platform itself.

Thank you in advance for your understanding, we look forward to your email!

[Lancer]

Nick, see here.