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To: russwinter who wrote (13018)	5/1/2004 11:39:57 AM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

is there any information on the typical leverage used in these spec contracts? me being a newcomer to futures, i just treat them as "cash-backed" with zero margin usage. but the regulatory requirements allow better than 10x leverage. in an unleveraged approach they would seem in my view less "risky" than stocks due to lower historical volatility and the unlikelihood of commodity prices ever going to zero :) i am just wondering what the typical leverage is so i know whether to get a cholera vaccine before getting on the same train with the specs.