Suppose I’m interested in buying one contract of Gold Dec 25 futures. My brokerage asks that I put up initial margin which corresponds to approximately 20:1 leverage.
What is the best way to reflect this in Portfolio Performance? The ticker is available on Yahoo Finance as MCGZ25.CMX (for Dec 2025), but I’m not sure what the best practice is to accurately reflect that a single contract is for 10 troy ounces (approx $37,000 notional value) but that the initial margin is only ~$1800.
Thanks!