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…
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The times on your FXCM statement are in UTC. You can change the time zone on your charts to UTC by clicking on System, Options, and General Trading. Edit the “Time Zone” drop down to “UTC” and click on Apply. Marketscope…
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At the top of your trading platform click on the Report button to view your Combined Account Statement. On the statement the “Condition column indicates the order type that closed the trade. The “Created By” column indicates where the order…
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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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Trading on Margin (Trading with Leverage) is a common attraction of the forex market. It allows you to open trades that are larger than the capital in your account. Example In the example above, $1,000,000 have been purchased through a long…
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FXCM CFD margin rates for each instrument are displayed in the dealing rates window on the Trading Station and in the Product Guide.
Forex margin requirements at FXCM vary depending on account type. Up-to-date requirements are displayed in the “Simplified Dealing Rates” window of the Trading Station by currency pair. Learn More about forex margin requirements
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When you use excessive leverage, a few losing trades can quickly offset many winning trades. To clearly see how this can happen, consider the following example. Scenario: Trader A buys 50 lots of USD/JPY while Trader B buys 5 lots of…
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You can view up-to-date margin requirements listed by currency pair in the MMR column of the "Simple Dealing Rates" window within the platform. Margin requirements are subject to change without notice based on price fluctuations.
A trading strategy helps you achieve your trading goals. But to carry out your strategy, you need the right tools. FXCM offers simple and complex orders, which can be customized to meet your trading needs. Knowing how each order executes…
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FXCM has no limits on maximum order sizes but there is a maximum limit per ticket. The Trading Station platform allows for order sizes up to 50 million per trade for forex positions. A trader has the ability to trade…
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