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Strategies & Market Trends : Hedging Strategies; How to Hedge Unrealised Gains
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To: Elmer who wrote (4)12/26/1999 11:07:00 AM
From: Topannuity   of 26
 
Re: How about shorting QQQ?

Problem with shorting QQQ is the huge margin requirement.
If I want to hedge $350,000 with QQQ, I need to have $175,000 in margin.

Futures contracts are more highly leveraged. To short the ND00H contract I only need $22,000, plus money on the side if i get a margin call..But in any case, the margin is very very unlikely EVER to approach $175,000 unless the NASDQ drops by 50%!
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