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Accepted Collateral Types for Margin Deposit

Collateral

  1. Cash - U.S. Dollars
  2. US Treasury Bills, one year or less in maturity; US Treasury Notes, five year or less to maturity; US Treasury Strips, five years or less to maturity; US Treasury Bonds, five years or less to maturity; and Money Market Funds, based on treasury obligations and approval by the Board of KCBOTCC.
  3. The US Treasuries will be marked to market and discounted as follows: 
    US Treasury Bills will be haircut by one percent
    US Treasury Notes will be haircut by three percent
    US Treasury Strips will be haircut by three percent
    US Treasury Bonds will be haircut by three percent
    Money Market (approved) will be haircut by five percent

 

 


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