What is the Minimum Margin Requirement in Forex? - Definition of Forex Maintenance Margin
The minimum margin requirement in forex will depend on the broker that you open a forex trading account with. Some brokers will set this level at 100 %, others at 50% & others at 20% as the minimum required level.
What is Margin Requirement Level and How Margin Requirement Level is Calculated?
Now if Your FX Trading Leverage is 100:1
When trading if you have $1,000 & use leverage option of 100:1 & buy 1 standard lot for $100,000 your margin on this trade is $1000 dollars in your forex account, this is the money that you will lose if your open trade goes against you the other $99,000 that is borrowed, the broker will close out the open trades automatically using a Forex Margin Call once your $1,000 has been taken by the market.
But this is if your forex broker has set 0% Margin Requirement before closing your trades automatically using this Margin Call.
What's 20% Margin Requirement Level?
For 20% margin requirement before closing your trades automatically using a Margin Call, then your transactions will be closed once your account trading balance gets to $200 - at $200 you'll get a margin call.
What is 50% Margin Requirement Level?
For 50% requirement of this level before closing your trades automatically using a margin call, then your transactions will be closed once your account trading balance gets to $500 - at $500 you'll get a margin call.
What is 100% Margin Requirement Level?
If broker sets 100% margin requirement of this level before closing your open trades automatically using a Margin Call - at $1,000 you'll get a margin call, then your forex trades will be closed once your account trading balance gets to $1,000: Meaning forex trades will close-out as soon as you execute a 1 standard lot on this account because even if you pay a One pip spreads your forex account balance will get to $990 & the needed margin requirement percent is 100% i.e. 1,000 dollars, therefore your forex orders will immediately get closed using a Margin Call once your margin requirement falls below 100%.
Most forex brokers do not set 100% margin requirement, but there are those FX brokers that set their margin requirement level at 100 percent trading margin are not suitable for you at all, even those forex brokers that set 50% margin requirement level are still not suitable. Choose those brokers set their margin requirement at 20% margin requirement level, in fact, those brokers that set it at 20% Margin Requirement are the best because the likely hood they close-out your trade using a Forex Margin Call is reduced as shown in the example above.
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Forex Leverage & Margin Described
