What's the Stock Margin Requirement for 1:50 Stocks Leverage?

• If = 1:50 - Stocks Leverage

Then the stocks margin requirement is = 1/50 *100= 2%

If you have $1,000,

1,000* 50 = $50,000.

1,000 / 50,000 * 100= 2%

(Simplify - your stocks capital is $1,000 after stocks leverage you control $50,000 - $1,000 is what percent of $50,000 - it's 2% margin) that is your stocks margin requirement.

Your margin requirement is 2% - This means to open a stocks trade you only need to deposit 2% of the position value & the rest of the money you will borrow from your stocks broker using the 50:1 stocks leverage option.