Originally posted by Jimbo at Capitalstool.
LME VIX ET AL ……
The house makes the rules.
When you make the rules.
Losing is optional.
Heads I win…. tails I cancel the trades….
Of course no one will play with you in the end.
The LME has significantly impaired its franchise.
A lot of commodity futures markets will get less liquid and more volatile because of the higher margin requirements.
Not to mention, higher margin requirements are margin calls. There will be selling.