How Do I Calculate Leverage in 1:300 and 1:100 Leverage
How Leverage Increases Profits and Loses?
If you have a 1,000 dollar account with leverage 100:1 you can buy a maximum of 1 lot which is equivalent to $100,000 dollars contract(1 Standard lot).
If you have a 1,000 dollar account with leverage 300:1 you can buy a maximum of 3 lots which is equivalent to 300,000 dollars contract(3 Standard lots).
Let us calculate profits and losses based on two examples of used leverage, based on $1,000 dollars account:
NB: This is the Leverage used not the Maximum leverage, If a broker gives you 300:1 leverage, but you only trade 1 lot the used leverage you are using is 100:1, But if you trade 3 contracts then the leverage you will use is 300:1 which is equivalent to Maximum leverage (300:1).
So the example referred in this below is talking of the leverage used based on the volume of the trade that you have opened.
Example 1: (300:1 Leverage or 3 Lots)
For 1 lot 1 pip equals $10
If you earn a profit of 100 pips the calculation of profit in dollars is:
Three lots
1 pip = $30 dollars
100 pips = 100 * 30 = $3,000
Total= balance + profit
= 1000+ 3000
= $4,000 you have just doubled your account balance four times
If you accrue a loss of 20 pips the loss in dollars is
3 lots
1 pip = $30 dollars
20 pips = 20 * 30 = $600
Total= account balance - loss
Total= 1000 - 600
Total = $ 400 you have just lost 60% of your account balance
Example 2: (100:1 Leverage)
For 1 lot 1 pip equals $10 dollars
If you make a profit of 100 pips the calculation of profit in dollars is:
1 lot
1 pip = $10 dollars
100 pips = 100 * 10 = $1000
Total= balance + profit
= 1000+ 1000
= $2,000 you have just doubled your trading account balance
If you make a loss of 20 pips the loss in dollars is
1 lot
1 pip = $10
20 pips = 20 * 10 = $200 dollars
Total= account balance - loss
Total= 1000 - 200
Total = $ 800 you have just lost 20% of your account balance
From the above example you can see that the more leverage you use the greater the profits or losses and less you use the lesser the profit or loss.
It is thenceforth better to use less leverage so that to minimize the risks involved. The higher the leverage option used the higher the risks. This is one of leverage guidelines not to use more than 5:1 leverage ratio.
In money management leverage guidelines: It's always advisable to keep below 10:1 leverage which is still high, most professional money managers use 2:1 meaning they trade only two lots for every $100,000 dollars in their account.
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