The financing cost for your CFD trade is referred to as ‘Rollover.' Rollover is the interest paid or earned for holding a position overnight, any client holding an open position at the end of the trading day (5pm EST) will…
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At FXCM, the financing cost for your CFD trade is referred to as ‘rollover.' This is the interest paid for holding a position past 5 PM EST and is based on the size of the position. The formula for financing…
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CFDs currently trade in Australia, the United Kingdom, throughout the Euro Zone, Japan, Canada, South Africa, Switzerland, Canada, New Zealand, and other countries.
Margin can be thought of as a good faith deposit required 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…
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When you place a CFD Trade with FXCM, you are using leverage* to control more money than you actually have to put down for the trade (margin). For example, if you place a trade on GER30 (DAX) today – let’s…
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Forex, also known as foreign exchange, FX or currency trading, is a decentralized global market where all the world's currencies trade. The forex market is the largest, most liquid market in the world with an average daily trading volume exceeding…
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Initial / Maintenance margin for each position can be seen in the Simple Dealing Rates window. Liquidation Margin can then be seen in the Accounts Tab under used MR. Please be advised that trading on margin carries a significant risk of…
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How are Index CFD dividends? For information on Index CFD Dividends please click here. How can I see when future dividends may impact my positions? For each index below, the dividend will be displayed as ‘High’, ‘Medium’, or ‘Low’. For…
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FXCM offers trading opportunities in the worlds major Forex Pairs, Indices, Commodities, Single Share CFDs and Cryptocurrencies. FOREX CURRENCY PAIRS AUD/CAD GBP/JPY AUD/CHF GBP/NZD AUD/JPY GBP/USD AUD/NZD NZD/CAD AUD/USD NZD/CHF CAD/CHF NZD/JPY CAD/JPY NZD/USD CHF/JPY TRY/JPY EUR/AUD USD/CAD EUR/CAD…
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Commodity CFDs, which include UKOil, USOil, NGAS, SOYF, WHEATF and CORNF, Treasury CFDs like BUND, and Copper, the only metal with an expiration, are among our products with an expiration date. This can occur monthly, every two months or quarterly…
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As a general rule of thumb, we recommend limiting total account leverage to a maximum of 20:1. For example, if you have an account balance of $10,000, you could trade a maximum position size twenty times larger than your account…
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No. An FXCM account provides access to trading in Forex, Equity Indices, Commodities and Cryptocurrencies.