Platinum margin
New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), metals
- Tick
- $50.1 per tick
- One point
- $50per contract
- Initial margin
- $6,800.20exchange, as of 27 Oct 2026
- Front contract
- PLF27roll by 29 Dec 2026
Margin as of How we source this
Details
| Contract month | January 2027 |
|---|---|
| How initial is set | maintenance × 1.10 (CME speculator ratio) |
| Source | https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/metals/precious/platinum.margins.html (effective 27 Oct 2026) |
| Exchange margin page | https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/metals/precious/platinum.margins.html |
| Fetched | 27 Oct 2026 |
Margin by contract month
| Contract months | Initial | Maintenance |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $6,761.70 | $6,147 |
| November 2026 | $6,770.50 | $6,155 |
| December 2026 | $6,785.90 | $6,169 |
| January 2027 (front) | $6,800.20 | $6,182 |
| April 2027 | $6,884.90 | $6,259 |
| July 2027 | $6,970.70 | $6,337 |
| October 2027 | $7,042.20 | $6,402 |
| January 2028 | $7,108.20 | $6,462 |
| April 2028 | $7,174.20 | $6,522 |
| July 2028 | $7,236.90 | $6,579 |
| October 2028 | $7,297.40 | $6,634 |
| January 2029 | $7,354.60 | $6,686 |
| April 2029 | $7,396.40 | $6,724 |
| July 2029 | $7,438.20 | $6,762 |
CME sets margins by contract month; deferred months often differ from the front month. Same source and date as above.
How exchange margin works
Margin is the deposit the clearing house requires to hold one Platinum (PL) futures contract overnight. It is a performance bond, not a payment: it secures the daily settlement of gains and losses. For the January 2027 contract, the exchange initial margin is $6,800.20 and the maintenance margin is $6,182. Initial margin is what you need to open a position; if your account falls below maintenance, you will be asked to bring it back up to initial.
CME publishes maintenance margin; initial margin for speculative accounts is 1.10 times maintenance, which is how the initial figure here is derived. These are exchange minimums. Brokers set their own requirements, which are usually higher, and many offer lower intraday “day-trading” margins that apply only to positions closed before the session ends. Those broker figures are not shown here.
Clearing houses change margins whenever volatility changes, sometimes with one day's notice. This page is rebuilt daily from the clearing house's published figures; the as-of date tells you when the value was fetched, and the changes page lists every contract whose margin moved in the last seven days.
Margin for several contracts
Questions
- What is the margin for PL?
- As of 27 Oct 2026, exchange initial margin is $6,800.20 and maintenance margin is $6,182 per contract.
- Why is my broker's PL margin different?
- Brokers may require more than the exchange minimum shown here, and day-trading margins are set by brokers, not the exchange.
- How often does PL margin change?
- The clearing house reviews margins continuously and changes them when volatility moves. This page is updated daily.