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…
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…
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…
A Margin Call will occur on a trader's account when: Usable Margin is less than 0 When a trader's Equity is less than Used Margin When positions are over-leveraged or trading losses produce insufficient equity to maintain current open positions, a margin…
The usable margin column in the accounts window of the Trading Station shows the amount of funds you have remaining in your account to open new positions or guard against losses. There are two things that can decrease your usable…
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…
FXCM offers several account types to meet your trading needs including mobile trading, automated trading, or Mac-compatible platforms. You can compare the features of our platforms at the Forex Trading Platform Comparison Page. The most popular platform is the award-winning Trading…
You can use the below links to create as many demo accounts as you would like: Trading Station / TSWeb / TSMobile To create a Trading Station Demo account, click here. Trading Station demo accounts expire after 30 Days of inactivity.…