CIRCULAR NO. 16/26 - MARGIN PARAMETERS

03 April 2026 02:40 PM

Published: Apr 03, 2026 03:40:29 PM
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Nasdaq Dubai Circular No.: 16/26

Date of Issue : April 03, 2026

Effective Date : April 07, 2026

Expiry Date : Upon issue of subsequent Margin Parameters Circular

MARGIN PARAMETERS

Any revision to the margin parameters is marked with an asterisk (*) and are as follows.

Admitted Derivatives Contracts

No.	Code	Underlying Instrument	Currency	Contract Size	Approx. margin rate⁺	Initial margin (Amount per contract)	Intermonth spread charge (Amount per spread)
1	ADCB	Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC	AED	100	11%	147	30
2	ADNCDT	Abu Dhabi National Oil Co for	AED	100	11%	40	8
3	ALDAR	Aldar Properties PJSC	AED	100	10%	82	17
4	EAND	Emirates Telecommunications Gr	AED	100	11%	203	41
5	FAB	First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC	AED	100	12%	200	40
6	MSCIAE	MSCI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Net	USD	10	9%	897	180
7	*ALARKN	Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Devel	SAR	100	11%	198	40
8	ALINMA	Alinma Bank	SAR	100	11%	313	63
9	EEC	Etihad Etisalat Co	SAR	100	11%	707	142
10	*KAYAN	Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co	SAR	100	13%	70	14
11	MAADEN	Saudi Arabian Mining Co	SAR	100	11%	710	142
12	*MARAI	Almarai Co JSC	SAR	100	11%	483	97
13	*PETROR	Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical	SAR	100	15%	162	33
14	RJHI	Al Rajhi Bank	SAR	100	11%	1165	233
15	SABIC	Saudi Basic Industries Corp	SAR	100	10%	625	125
16	SACCO	Saudi Cement Co	SAR	100	11%	378	76
17	*SECO	Saudi Energy Co	SAR	100	11%	190	38
18	SEERA	Seera Group Holding	SAR	100	11%	223	45
19	FTSESA	FTSE Saudi Arabia Total Return	SAR	5	9%	1064	213

Equity Margin rate

No.	Security	Instrument Type/ Name	Currency	Margin rate
1	All Nasdaq Dubai Equities outsourced to the DFM	Equities	USD/AED	20%

⁺Reflects the approximate margin rate used to compute weekly Scanning Range based on the underlying’s closing price on the Circular's date of issue.

Note: Margin parameters are subject to change depending on the volatility of the underlying securities.

General Notes: Corporate actions in the futures are denoted in the codes as:-
X: denotes first corporate action on a contract

Y: denotes second corporate actions on a contract

Z: denotes third corporate actions on a contract

The methodology of Margin calculation and types of Eligible Margin are available in the Operating Procedures:

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