There will be a daily maintenance margin check at 17:00 ET. If the market has moved back in your favor at that time such that your Usable Maintenance Margin (Usble Maint Mr) is greater than 0, your Margin Status will…
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Margin Watcher is a Trading Station feature that sends a notification message on the Trading Station platform to allow for time to manage your account and possibly prevent liquidation via a margin call. In this time you may look to…
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You can check your usable margin levels in real time via any version of the Trading Station platform, i.e. desktop, web, or the mobile app. Additionally, FXCM will have a ‘Margin Watch’ feature built into the Trading Station platform that…
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FXCM offers leveraged trading on FX/CFDs and Spread Bets with margin. 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…
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FXCM accounts will utilize a Tiered Margin system which consists of an Entry /Maintenance margin and a Liquidation margin. Entry/Maintenance Margin - The initial good faith deposit or collateral set aside to open and then maintain a position. On the…
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On the MT4 platform, your largest losing position (in terms of p/l) will be liquidated if the margin level falls below 50%. It is important to note that this is different from how positions are liquidated on the Trading Station.…
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MT4 accounts with FXCM will utilize a different version of FXCM’s Tiered Margin because the MT4 platform handles the margin call (liquidation) process differently than FXCM’s Trading Station Platform. Upon opening a position you will be required to set aside…
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The liquidation level will be set at 50% of the entry/maintenance margin requirement. This means that if your account equity falls below 50% of the initial margin required, the account will receive a Margin Call and trades will be closed…
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Learn about CFD execution here: https://docs.fxcorporate.com/execution_risks_ltd.pdf
An order's time-in-force option determines the time frame in which the order would execute. There are four different time-in-force options you can choose from within the Entry Order or Market Order window in Trading Station: Day – activates your Entry…
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A trailing stop is a stop that adjusts to a more favorable rate as the trade moves in a trader's favor. The amount the stop moves depends on the type of trailing stop and what the trader sets it at.…
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Your strategy may require you to cut losses at a certain point. Stop orders execute similarly to Stop entry orders, but get you out of the market, rather than in. Stop Orders guarantee execution, but not a particular price. To…
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