Ils multiplient par 10 certaines exigeances de marges pour les indices et par 20 pour l'indice Suisse
Dear Client,
Following the removal of the floor in EURCHF by the Swiss National Bank on Thursday, January 15th 2015, Saxo Bank has decided to increase margin requirements across a number of instruments. The changes affect:
New FX margin requirements
New cfd à risque limité Index & cfd à risque limité Single Stock margin requirements
Changes to the FX Option margin calculation
FX Option trading in Swiss Franc
After a long period with low volatility across asset classes, we foresee a paradigm shift in the financial markets.
We would like to prepare our clients and signal the need for having sufficient margin to support potentially bigger and more extreme short term shocks. CHF was one example. This week’s potential quantitative easing announcement from ECB and the election in Greece, January 25th, are other such events.
In future we expect to be more dynamic on margin levels depending on the financial environment and calendar such as the increase in margin requirements implemented for CHF in Sep 2014 from 4% to 8%.
Read commentary ‘Macro Digest: Endgame for Central Bankers’ by our Chief Economist Steen Jakobsen on TradingFloor.com.
As a result, Saxo Bank will increase margin requirements for the following instruments on Wednesday, 21st of January 2015, at 16.00 CET as follows:
New FX Margin Requirements
Currency Code
Name
Current Margin*
New Margin
EUR
Euro
0.5%/1%
2%
USD
US Dollar
0.5%/1%
2%
GBP
British Pound
0.5%/1%
2%
JPY
Japanese Yen
0.5%/1%
3%
CHF
Swiss Franc
4%/8%
15%
XAU
Gold
2%/4%
6%
XAG
Silver
3%/6%
8%
*The 50% margin reduction offered for the first EUR 300,000 of your investment collateral will be removed.
Corresponding cfds à risque limité on FX and Commodities will be increased similar to the above.
New cfd à risque limité Index & cfd à risque limité Single Stock Margin Requirements
Ticker
Name
Current Margin*
New Margin
DAX.I
Germany 30
0.5%/1%
2%
SP500.I
US SPX500
0.5%/1%
2%
DJI.I
US 30 Wall Street
0.5%/1%
2%
NAS100.I
US Tech 100 NAS
0.5%/1%
2%
FTSE100.I
UK 100
0.5%/1%
2%
CAC40.I
France 40
0.5%/1%
5%
DEN20.I
Denmark 20
0.5%/1%
5%
DEN20CAP.I
Denmark 20 Capped
0.5%/1%
5%
STOXX50E.I
EU Stocks 50
0.5%/1%
5%
BELG20.I
Belgium 20
0.5%/1%
5%
MDAX.I
Germany Mid-Cap 50
0.5%/1%
5%
HSI.I
Hong Kong Index
0.5%/1%
5%
AEX.I
Netherlands 25
0.5%/1%
5%
NOR25.I
Norway 25
0.5%/1%
5%
SWE30.I
Sweden 30
0.5%/1%
5%
FTSE250.I
UK Mid 250
0.5%/1%
5%
US2000
US 2000
4%
5%
TECDAX.I
Germany Tech 30
0.5%/1%
5%
NI225.I
Japan 225
0.5%/1%
5%
ASXSP200.I
Australia 200
0.5%/1%
5%
SPMIB.I
Italy 40
0.5%/1%
5%
ZA40.I
South Africa
5%
10%
CHINA50
China 50 Index
4%
10%
INDIA50
India 50 Index
4%
10%
SINGAPORE
Singapore Index
4%
10%
TAIWAN
Taiwan Index
4%
10%
PSI20.I
Portugal 20
0.5%/1%
10%
IBEX35.I
Spain 35
0.5%/1%
10%
SMI.I
Switzerland 20
0.5%/1%
10%
*The 50% margin reduction offered for the first EUR 50,000 of your investment collateral will be removed. For the full list of affected Single Stock cfds à risque limité, please click here: http://www.saxobank.com/Documents/email/StockReratings_Jan_2015.pdf
Changes to the FX Option Margin Calculation:
The volatility floor value in the Vega Margin requirement will be changed from 10% to 20%.
The FX Option margin requirement consists of Delta Margin + Vega Margin, where the Vega Margin is calculated as follows:
Vega Margin = Notional Amount * Vega * Max (Implied Volatility, Floor Value) * Volatility Factor
The floor value in the calculation above will be changed to 20%.
FX Option trading in CHF
Saxo Bank will resume FX Option trading in CHF after the margin change has taken place on Wednesday in the following crosses: EURCHF, USDCHF, CHFJPY and GBPCHF
More information
You can get an overview of upcoming margin and collateral changes in WebConnect and on SaxoTrader:
In SaxoTrader: Click on Account > Reports > Margin & Collateral Changes
In WebConnect: Click on Trading > Margin & Collateral Changes
Please note that the removal of half margin is not included in these overviews.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact your Account Manager.
Best Regards,
Saxo Bank A/S