Rollover is the interest paid or earned for holding a position overnight. Each currency has an overnight interest rate associated with it, and because Forex is traded in pairs, every trade involves not only two different currencies, but their two…
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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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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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If you have an inquiry on the execution of a Trade, please click here to view our Trade Audit information.
With any financial product, there is a price to Buy and a price to Sell. When verifying if a trade should have triggered it's important to make sure you are looking at the correct side of the market. Marketscope charts default to show…
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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.…
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