[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 17CFR41.45]

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              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 41_SECURITY FUTURES PRODUCTS--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart E_Customer Accounts and Margin Requirements
 
Sec.  41.45  Required margin.

    (a) Applicability. Each security futures intermediary shall 
determine the

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required margin for the security futures and related positions held on 
behalf of a customer in a securities account or futures account as set 
forth in this section.
    (b) Required margin--(1) General rule. The required margin for each 
long or short position in a security future shall be twenty (20) percent 
of the current market value of such security future.
    (2) Offsetting positions. Notwithstanding the margin levels 
specified in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, a self-regulatory 
authority may set the required initial or maintenance margin level for 
an offsetting position involving security futures and related positions 
at a level lower than the level that would be required under paragraph 
(b)(1) of this section if such positions were margined separately, 
pursuant to rules that meet the criteria set forth in section 7(c)(2)(B) 
of the Exchange Act and are effective in accordance with section 
19(b)(2) of the Exchange Act and, as applicable, section 5c(c) of the 
Act.
    (c) Procedures for certain margin level adjustments. An exchange 
registered under section 6(g) of the Exchange Act, or a national 
securities association registered under section 15A(k) of the Exchange 
Act, may raise or lower the required margin level for a security future 
to a level not lower than that specified in this section, in accordance 
with section 19(b)(7) of the Exchange Act.