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Our margin calculator automatically calculates the amount (margin) you need to keep in your account as insurance for opening new positions. It’s the perfect way to manage your trades and work out the position size and the leverage level you need to stick to.

Margin Calculator

How does it work?

  1. Select your account currency
  2. Choose the instrument or currency pair
  3. Enter your position size to estimate margin requirements
Note

Margin requirements vary depending on the instrument, leverage, and account currency. This calculator provides an estimate based on current trading specifications.

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What is margin?

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How do you calculate margin?

Margin refers to the amount of money needed in your account to maintain an open position.

Here is the formula to calculate the Margin:

Volume of order * Contract/Lot Size * Price / Leverage

What is margin level?

Margin Level indicates how “healthy” your trading account is. It’s the ratio of your Equity to the Used Margin of your open positions, shown as a percentage. No need to do the math yourself though – check out our helpful calculator above.

What is a margin call?

Margin Call is a notification which tells you that you need to deposit more money in your trading account (or close losing positions) to free up more margin. It’s shown as a fixed percentage and can be spotted in the Account Specifications of your trading account. When the market moves against your open positions, your margin level falls. Once the margin falls to the Margin Call percentage, you’ll get a Margin Call warning in your Terminal.

What is 5% margin in forex?

If you have a margin requirement of 5%, it means you are trading with leverage of 20:1. Margin available depends your account type and the specific instrument you’re trading. You can learn more about this here.

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