Usable Margin: is the amount of account equity that is currently not being used to maintain open positions. Usable Margin should be thought of as two things: The amount available to open NEW positions The amount that EXISTING positions can move…
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Cryptocurrency Margin Requirements are updated shortly after market open (Sunday 18:00 ET) and then updated daily during the market break (Between 16:45 ET to 18:00 ET Daily). Cryptocurrencies are currently leveraged at 2:1 and the new margin requirement will be the equivalent…
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Clients that hold an open position at the time of an FXCM expiration will have their positions closed at our rate during the market break. When a product expires, all pending Entry orders and Stop/Limit orders that are associated with…
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Leverage is a function of the size of your trading position divided by the Margin Requirement. Therefore the larger the margin requirement the smaller the leverage available. The amount of leverage offered by FXCM differs depending on the CFD instrument…
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The word “PIP” stands for Percentage in Point. In Forex, a pip is what you would consider a “point” for calculating profits and losses. On Trading Station, you can see the value of a pip for each of your trades when entering…
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You can view up-to-date margin requirements listed by currency pair in the MMR column of the "Simple Dealing Rates" window within the platform. Margin requirements are subject to change without notice based on price fluctuations.
When you use excessive leverage, a few losing trades can quickly offset many winning trades. To clearly see how this can happen, consider the following example. Scenario: Trader A buys 50 lots of USD/JPY while Trader B buys 5 lots…
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Trading on Margin (Trading with Leverage) is a common attraction of the forex market. It allows you to open trades that are larger than the capital in your account. Example In the example above, $1,000,000 have been purchased through a long…
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The times on your FXCM statement are in UTC. You can change the time zone on your charts to UTC by clicking on System, Options, and General Trading. Edit the “Time Zone” drop down to “UTC” and click on Apply. Marketscope…
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Slippage is a factor when trading any financial market. Slippage occurs when the market gaps over prices or because available liquidity at a given price has been exhausted. Market gaps normally occur during fast moving markets when a price can jump…
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If the requested price of a stop or stop entry order is reached at the open of the market on Sunday, the order will be filled at the next available price and may experience negative slippage depending on the change…
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