Margin Level XAUUSD
Example of what's margin in the MT5 software & What's Margin, What's Required Margin, What is Equity, What's Used Margin & What's Free XAUUSD margin.
XAUUSD Margin, Required Margin, Equity, Used Margin & Free Margin
What's Required Margin? : Required Margin is the amount of money your online broker requires from you to open a trade position. It is expressed in percent.
What's XAUUSD Equity? : Gold Equity is the total sum of capital you have in your trading account.
What's Used Margin? : Used Margin is the amount of money in your account that has already been used when buying a trading contract, this trading contract is the one that's displayed in open trade positions. You can not use this amount of money after opening a transaction because you've already used it & it is not available to you to open another trade transaction with.
In other words, because your broker has opened up a trading position for you using trading capital you have borrowed, you must keep this used margin as a security to allow you to continue using leverage the broker has given you.
What's Gold Free Margin? : Gold Free Margin is the amount of money in your trading account that you can use to open new trade positions. XAUUSD Free Margin is the amount of money in your account that hasn't yet been leveraged because you haven't yet opened a trade transactions with this money - this Free Margin is also very important for you as a trader because it enables you to continue holding your open trade transactions as described below.
Example of What's Margin in MT5 Software
The trading margin examples in MetaTrader 5 below, the set leverage ratio is 100:1, the margin which is 1% is $2683.07 - therefore the total sum controlled by the trader is: $268,307 - this is because with leverage the trader has used little of their own funds and borrowed the rest from their trading broker, with this leverage set at 100:1, a trader is using 1 % of their capital, this 1% is $2683.07 - if 1 percent is $2683.07 then 100 % is $268,307
MT5 Leverage Margin Calculation - XAUUSD Margin Calculation Percent - Margin Level Gold - XAUUSD Margin Calculator
Free Margin - $13,433.48
Free Margin that can be used by a trader to open new trades on MetaTrader 5 platform as is displayed on the above example.
Used Margin - $2683.07
XAUUSD Margin that has already been used by trader to open trades on MetaTrader 5 platform as is displayed on the above example.
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