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Margin Requirements
Margin Requirements are $500 per lot, equivalent to
approximately 0.5% (200:1 leverage) for open positions up to
10lots. For further information regarding margin requirements
visit
www.forex.ch/margin.htm.
For example, a trader who wishes to open
a new position of 5 lots of EUR/USD (equivalent to a 500,000
Euro position) will need 5 x 500 = $2,500 of usable margin.
Both Used Margin and available margin
("Usable Margin") are displayed in real-time in the Account
Information window of the GFX trading software:
GFX also allows trading in fractional lots, and margin
requirements are computed accordingly. For example, a
trader who opens a 0.4 lot position of GBP/USD will need to have
0.4 x $500 = $200 of Usable Margin.
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