Like many derivative products, futures can be confusing when you’re trying to understand how changes in the underlying security affect changes in futures prices which affect changes in your margin. This video shows you how these relationships work and what it means for your initial margin, maintenance margin, and margin calls. Futures and futures options trading is speculative, and is not suitable for all investors. Please read the Risk Disclosure for Futures and Options https://www.tdameritrade.com/retail-en_us/resources/pdf/TDA631.pdf prior to trading futures products. This video is part of the Fundamentals of Futures Trading course. Open an account to get access to the full course and more investor education: http://bit.ly/SignUpTDAmeritrade Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeTDAmeritrade Check out Trader Talks for daily livestreamed webcasts with TD Ameritrade education coaches: http://bit.ly/SubscribeTDAmeritradeTraderTalks We post educational videos that bring investing and finance topics back down to earth weekly. Have a question or topic suggestion? Let us know. Connect with TD Ameritrade: Facebook: http://bit.ly/TDAmeritradeFacebook Twitter: http://bit.ly/TwitterTDAmeritrade