"What is the reason that initial margin and maintenance margin are different

1	Why are initial margin and maintenance margin are different. Why not just charge the maintenance margin. initial margin maintenance futures asked troyboy 91●7●11●13 accept rate: 0%

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Initial margin is your initial performance bond. The reason that they are different is so that your position can go against you a little bit at least.

If you have a initial margin and not maintenance margin, the moment you have a position you could have a margin call immediately.

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