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Leverage and Margin Requirements

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Dynamic Leverage Tier Levels

Forex Majors
Tier LevelsNotional value (USD)Notional value (EUR)Notional value (GBP)Notional value (JPY)Leverage (1:X)Margin (%)
Tier 1$0 - $100,000€0 - €90,000£0 - £80,000¥0 - ¥12,000,00020000.05
Tier 2$100,000 - $500,000€90,000 - €450,000£80,000 - £400,000¥12,000,000 - ¥63,000,00010000.1
Tier 3$500,000 - $2,000,000€450,000 - €1,800,000£400,000 - £1,600,000¥63,000,000 - ¥260,000,0005000.2
Tier 4$2,000,000 - $8,000,000€1,800,000 - €7,300,000£1,600,000 - £6,400,000¥260,000,000 - ¥1,000,000,0002000.5
Tier 5$8,000,000 - $16,000,000€7,300,000 - €14,500,000£6,400,000 - £12,800,000¥1,000,000,000 - ¥2,000,000,0001001
Tier 6$16,000,000 - $20,000,000€14,500,000 - €18,000,000£12,800,000 - £16,000,000¥2,000,000,000 - ¥2,600,000,000502
Tier 7$20,000,000 - $25,000,000€18,000,000 - €23,000,000£16,000,000 - £20,000,000¥2,600,000,000 - ¥3,200,000,000254
Tier 8$25,000,000 - $50,000,000€23,000,000 - €45,000,000£20,000,000 - £40,000,000¥3,200,000,000 - ¥6,400,000,0001010
Tier 9More than $50,000,000More than €45,000,000More than £40,000,000More than ¥6,400,000,000250
  1. NOK, SEK, ZAR, DKK, MXN, PLN, CZK pairs are provided with a maximum leverage of 1:50 for volumes with a notional value of up to 3,000,000 / 2,800,000 / 2,400,000 / 400,000,000 USD/ EUR/ GBP/ JPY. For volumes 3,000,000-5,000,000 / 2,800,000-4,000,000 / 2,400,000 -3,300,000 / 400,000,000-1,575,000,000 USD / EUR/ GBP/ JPY the leverage is 1:25. For volumes above 5,000,000 / 4,000,000 / 3,300,000 / 1,575,000,000 USD / EUR/ GBP/ JPY, the leverage for the above-mentioned pairs is fixed at 1:10.
  2. TRY pairs have fixed 1:5 leverage.
  3. Cent accounts have fixed leverage. For Forex Majors, Forex Minors, and Metals it is 1:500, and for Forex Exotics it is 1:200.
  4. Margin requirements are the same in demo and live accounts.
  5. Margin level is not fixed, it depends on your account type and the specific instrument that you are trading.
  6. Notional Value refers to the real value of an underlying asset.

Examples

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Example 1

ACCOUNT CURRENCY - SYMBOL GROUP - SYMBOL: USD – CASH INDICES – US500
Client enters a 40 lot BUY (or SELL) position of US500 at the price of 4,010.20.

The dynamic leverage works as follows:

  • Account Currency: USD
  • Symbol Group: Cash Indices
  • US500 Contract Size: 1 index
  • US500 Margin Currency: USD

Dynamic Margin calculations:

Tier Level 1: (1 x 15 x 4,010.20 x 1.00 / 400) = $150.38

Tier Level 2: (1 x 25 x 4,010.20 x 1.00 / 200) = $501.28

Margin Requirement: $150.38 + $501.28 = $651.66
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Example 2

ACCOUNT CURRENCY - SYMBOL GROUP - SYMBOL: USD – CASH INDICES – ES35
Client enters a 40 lot BUY (or SELL) position of ES35 at the price of 8,331.75.

The dynamic leverage works as follows:

  • Account Currency: USD
  • Symbol Group: Cash Indices
  • ES35 Contract Size: 1 index
  • ES35 Margin Currency: EUR
Dynamic Margin calculations:

Tier Level 1: (1 x 40 x 8,331.75 x 1.05 / 100) = $3,499.34

Margin Requirement: $3,499
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Example 3

ACCOUNT CURRENCY - SYMBOL GROUP - SYMBOL: USD – ENERGIES – USOIL.c
Client enters a 270 lot BUY (or SELL) position of USOIL.c at the price of 76.250.

The dynamic leverage works as follows:

  • Account Currency: USD
  • Symbol Group: Energies
  • USOIL.c Contract Size: 100 barrels
  • USOIL.c Margin Currency: USD
Dynamic Margin calculations:
  1.  Tier Level 1: (100 x 50 x 76.250 x 1.00 / 200) = $1,906.25
  2.  Tier Level 2: (100 x 200 x 76.250 x 1.00 / 100) = $15,250
  3.  Tier Level 3: (100 x 20 x 76.250 x 1.00 / 50) = $3,050
Margin Requirement: $1,906.25 + $15,250 + $3,050 = $20,206.25
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Example 4


ACCOUNT CURRENCY - SYMBOL GROUP - SYMBOL: USD – CRYPTOS – BTC/USD
Client enters a 30 lot BUY (or SELL) position of BTC/USD at the price of 16,957.50.

The dynamic leverage works as follows:

  • Account Currency: USD
  • Symbol Group: Cryptos
  • BTC/USD Contract Size: 1 coin
  • BTC/USD Margin Currency: USD
Dynamic Margin calculations:
  1.  Tier Level 1: (1 x 3 x 16,957.5 x 1.00 / 400) = $127.18
  2.  Tier Level 2: (1 x 7 x 16,957.5 x 1.00 / 200) = $296.74
  3.  Tier Level 3: (1 x 5 x 16,957.5 x 1.00 / 100) = $847.88
  4.  Tier Level 4: (1 x 10 x 16,957.5 x 1.00 / 50) = $3,391.5
  5.  Tier Level 5: (1 x 5 x 16,957.5 x 1.00 / 25) = $3,391.5
Margin Requirement: $127.18+ $296.74+ $847.88 + $3,391.5 + $3,391.5 = $8,054.8
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Example 5

ACCOUNT CURRENCY - SYMBOL GROUP - SYMBOL: USD – FUTURES INDICES/COMMODITIES – UK100_DC22, USOIL_JA23, SBEAN_JA23
Client enters a 60 lot BUY (or SELL) position of UK100_DC22 at the price of 7,555.5, a 60 lot BUY (or Sell) position of USOIL_JA23 at the price of 75.900 and a 10 lot BUY (or Sell) position of SBEAN_JA23 at the price of 1,451.63

The dynamic leverage works as follows:

  • Account Currency: USD
  • Security Group: Future Indices, Future Commodities
  • UK100_DC22 Contract Size: 1 Futures Contract
  • UK100_DC22 Margin Currency: GBP
  • USOIL_JA23 Contract Size: 100 Futures Contracts
  • USOIL_JA23 Margin Currency: USD
  • SBEAN_JA23 Contract Size: 4 Futures Contract
  • SBEAN_JA23 Margin Currency: USD
Dynamic Margin calculations:
  1.  Tier Level 1 (UK100_DC22): (1 x 50 x 7,555.5 x 1.22123 / 100) = $4,613.50
  2.   Tier Level 2 (UK100_DC22): (1 x 10 x 7,555.5 x 1.22123 / 50) = $1,845.36
  3.  Tier Level 1 (USOIL_JA23): (100 x 60 x 75.90 x 1.00 / 100) = $4,554
  4.  Tier Level 1 (SBEAN_JA23): (4 x 10 x 1,451.63 x 1.00 / 50) = $1,161.30
Margin Requirement: $4,613.50 + $1,845.36 + $4,554 + $1,161.30 = $12,174.16

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