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  The SEC and CFTC have established the parameters that are used to trade single stock futures.   The information below provides you with the main contract specifications:

Contract Size:  100 shares
Minimum Tick:  $0.01 = $1
Delivery Months:  March, June, September, December.  As well as the first two serial months.
Trading Hours:  9:30am-4:00pm, EST
Margin Requirement:  20% of the total contract value.

 

Note: The CFTC and SEC have jointly agreed on margin rules that require initial and maintenance margin equal to 20 percent of the current market value of the position, although the exchanges may eventually adopt portfolio margining or position offsets with the appropriate regulatory approvals.

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