Hard dollar limits
View the maximum dollar-equivalent amounts of each collateral type CME Clearing will accept.
To reduce concentration risk, CME Clearing imposes hard dollar limits on certain acceptable collateral types.
| Asset Class | Hard Dollar Limit |
|---|---|
| Cash1 | None |
| U.S. Treasuries | None |
| Letters of Credit2 | $1 billion |
| U.S. Government Agencies | $2 billion |
| Agency MBS | $1.4 billion |
| U.S. TIPS | $1 billion |
| U.S. Treasury STRIPS | $1 billion |
| Gold3 | $1 billion |
| IEF2 – Money Market Funds | $5 billion |
| Corporate Bonds | $2 billion |
| Stocks | $500 million |
| ETFs | $500 million |
| Short-Term UST ETFs | $1 billion |
| Supranationals | $250 million |
| Prefunded Treasury Facility (PTF)4 | None |
| Canadian Provincials | $100 million |
| FOREIGN SOVEREIGN DEBT: ISSUING COUNTRY | Hard Dollar Limit |
| Canada | $1.4 billion |
| France | $1.4 billion |
| Germany | $1.4 billion |
| Japan | $1 billion |
| United Kingdom | $1.4 billion |
| Australia | $250 million |
| Mexico | $250 million |
| Singapore | $150 million |
| Sweden | $100 million |
1 With respect to all foreign currencies, clearing members are subject to a $250 million USDE limit across the clearing member and affiliates for meeting requirements in a different currency. Offshore Chinese renminbi is capped at $200 million USDE across the clearing member and affiliates. Upon request, CMFs may deposit additional CAD, EUR, GBP, and JPY cash up to a $500 million USDE FX cash mismatch limit. Please contact ClearingHouseFinancial@cmegroup.com for more information.
2 Letters of Credit are acceptable collateral for performance bond for Base products only and not permitted for House PB requirements, for financial-affiliated clearing members. Letters of Credit are capped at 25% of margin requirement per account class. Clearing Members may be eligible for a limited exemption. See LOC information for more details.
3 London gold bullion is acceptable collateral for performance bond for House positions only.
4 The PTF is acceptable to meet performance bond requirements in the House origin for futures and options products in the Base Guaranty Fund. The amount of PTF a clearing member can use to meet House performance bond requirements is limited to 75% of the clearing member's performance bond requirement on the day of acceptance of the PTF by CME as collateral on deposit.
Note FX debt (excluding U.K., Germany, France, and Canada), CA provincials, corporate bonds, stocks, Short Term UST ETFs, ETFs, London physical gold, and COMEX gold warrants are capped at $5bn in aggregate per CMF and affiliates. FX debt, IBRD debt, CA provincials, IEF2, corporate bonds, stocks, Short Term UST ETFs, ETFs, London physical gold and COMEX gold warrants are capped at $7bn in aggregate per CMF and affiliates. Agencies, MBS, STRIPS, FX debt, IBRD debt, CA provincials, IEF2, corporate bonds, stocks, Short Term UST ETFs, ETFs, London physical gold and COMEX gold warrants are capped at $8bn in aggregate per CMF and affiliates.
Acceptable Collateral
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