Regarding "Margin Changes For Economic News Announcements"

[RLS71259]

I'm new to NinjaTrader and curious as to how wide a berth I should give the upcoming economic news events listed in "Upcoming Events".

To be specific, I trade YM, MYM, NQ & MNQ exclusively and I understand why the "Employment Report" economic news event would trigger the 4x margins for these instruments.

What I want to know is whether or not an event like the "Crude Oil Roll Date (Dec)" news event might also effect the margins for YM, MYM, NQ & MNQ?

[NinjaTrader_LuisH]

Hello RLS71259,

Thank you for posting on the NinjaTrader forums.


An economic news event such as the 'Employment Report' can potentially attract many users around this time and cause higher than normal volatility. A rollover date would only indicate that the next available contract is ready to be used on your charts, should you decide to actively roll to that contract.


The events you would want to anticipate this change in margin would be the 'Employment Report', CPI, PPI and FOMC meeting.



Please let us know if there's anything else we can assist with!