Margin and leverage are two sides of the same coin. While margin is the good faith deposit traders need to maintain open positions, leverage is the ratio between the margin that the trader had to set aside, and the notional…
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…
Please register for a VPS by submitting the VPS Registration Form online. Clients who trade with an average notional volume at least 500K per month for the previous 3 months will have the cost of the VPS service reimbursed. This…
Margin can be thought of as a good faith deposit to maintain open positions. This is not a fee or a transaction cost, it is simply a portion of your account equity set aside and allocated as a margin deposit.…
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The Speculative Sentiment Indicator (SSI) is a powerful contrarian indicator that can help you locate trading opportunities by gauging trader positioning and sentiment in the Forex market. If the majority of traders are long, a contrarian indicator bias is short…
Beyond our core platforms, we are pleased to offer a suite of specialty, third-party platforms that can be fully integrated with FXCM’s acclaimed execution. Contact us to get started. Links to third-party sites are provided for your convenience and for informational purposes only. Friedberg…
To install a Trading Station indicator that was downloaded from the FXCM App Store please open the “.zip” file downloaded from the FXCM App Store. This should reveal a “.exe” file. Run the file to start the installer. Press “Next”…
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…
FXCM Apps is where you can download plugins and scripts to extend the power of your trading platforms. Over the years, our programming team has created some great trading apps to meet the needs of our traders. The FXCM App store* is…
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