Commodity Margin Call Meaning
What Happens When Free Commodities Trading Margin Runs Out?
A commodity margin call is when a commodity trader's account free commodity trading margin goes below the required commodity margin level that is set by the broker. This means that because the free commodity trading margin in the trader's account has gone below required commodity trading margin level then the trader gets a commodity trading margin call & some of the open trades in the trader's are closed by the broker until this commodity margin level goes back up to above the required commodity trading margin level.
Some of the open trades might be closed or all of the open trades may be closed if this commodity trading margin call is automatically executed by the broker.
What is Commodity Trading Margin Requirement Level?
Now if Your Commodities Trading Leverage is 100:1
When trading if you have $1,000 & use leverage of 100:1 & buy 1 standard commodity lot for $100,000 your commodity trading margin on this commodity trade transaction is $1000 dollars in your commodity account, this is money which you will lose is your open commodity trade goes against you the other $99,000 that is borrowed, the broker will close the open trades automatically using a Commodity Margin Call once your $1,000 has been taken by the commodities trading market.
But this is if your commodity broker has set 0% Commodity Margin Requirement before closing your commodities trades automatically using this Commodity Trading Margin Call.
What's 20% Commodity Trading Margin Requirement Level?
For 20% commodity trading margin requirement before closing your commodities trades automatically using a Commodity Trading Margin Call, then your commodities trades will be closed once your account balance gets to $200 - at $200 you will get a commodity trading margin call.
What is 50% Commodity Trading Margin Requirement Level?
For 50% requirement of this level before closing your commodities trades automatically using a commodity trading margin call, then your transactions will be closed once your account balance gets to $500 - at $500 you'll get a commodity trading margin call.
What is 100% Commodity Trading Margin Requirement Level?
If the broker sets 100% commodity trading margin requirement of this level before closing out your open trades automatically using a Commodity Margin Call - at $1,000 you will get a commodity margin call, then your commodities trades will be closed once your account balance gets to $1,000: Meaning the commodities trades will close-out as soon as you execute a 1 standard commodity lot on this commodities trading account because even if as a trader you pay 1 point spread your commodity trading account balance will go to below $1,000 & the needed commodity margin requirement percent is 100% i.e. 1,000 dollars, therefore your commodity orders will immediately get closed using a Commodity Trading Margin Call once your commodity trading margin requirement falls below 100%.
Most commodity brokers do not set 100% commodity trading margin requirement, but there are those commodity brokers that set 100% commodity margin are not suitable for you at all, even those that set 50% commodity margin requirement are still not suitable. Select those set 20% commodity trading margin requirements, in fact, those commodity brokers that set at 20% Commodity Trading Margin Requirement are some of the best because the likely hood they close-out your trade using a Commodity Margin Call is reduced as shown in the example above.
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