# Options Margin

**URL:** <https://forums.collective2.com/t/options-margin/2576>\
**Category:** C2\
**Created:** [April 5, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/options-margin/2576 "2011-04-05T14:33:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![peter\_pan3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b5a626/32.png) [@peter\_pan3](https://forums.collective2.com/u/peter_pan3)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/options-margin/2576/1 "2011-04-05T14:33:57Z")

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Collective2 is far from accurate to calculate the margin required in options. **You do not consider calendar strategies to reduce the margin required** and you margin both wings of an Iron Condor.  
  
  
  
Is there any chance to solve this to get collective2 closer to the _real life.?_

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**Author:** ![peter\_pan3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b5a626/32.png) [@peter\_pan3](https://forums.collective2.com/u/peter_pan3)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/options-margin/2576/2 "2011-04-07T15:41:46Z")

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**Author:** ![MatthewKlein](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/matthewklein/32/21382_2.png) [@MatthewKlein](https://forums.collective2.com/u/MatthewKlein)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/options-margin/2576/3 "2011-04-07T16:01:34Z")

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Reworking the margining calculations is indeed something I’d like to get to in the medium term future. For now, the best I can suggest is that you can start a system on C2 with more capital than a real trading account would need, and explain to your subscribers and potential subscribers that, in real life, condors (or calendar spreads) would effectively use less margin than C2 anticipates.  
  
  
  
Matthew