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Margin Calculator

Calculate the margin amount required
to cover your trades

Our margin calculator automatically calculates the amount (margin) you need to keep in your account as insurance for opening new positions. It’s the perfect way to manage your trades and work out the position size and the leverage level you need to stick to.

Margin Calculator

  • AUDUSD
  • EURUSD
  • GBPUSD
  • NZDUSD
  • USDCAD
  • USDCHF
  • USDJPY
  • AUDCAD
  • AUDCHF
  • AUDJPY
  • AUDNZD
  • AUDSGD
  • CADCHF
  • CADJPY
  • CHFJPY
  • CHFSGD
  • EURAUD
  • EURCAD
  • EURCHF
  • EURGBP
  • EURJPY
  • EURNZD
  • EURSGD
  • GBPAUD
  • GBPCAD
  • GBPCHF
  • GBPJPY
  • GBPNZD
  • GBPSGD
  • NZDCAD
  • NZDCHF
  • NZDJPY
  • NZDSGD
  • SGDJPY
  • CHFNOK
  • CHFPLN
  • EURHKD
  • EURINR
  • EURNOK
  • EURPLN
  • EURSEK
  • EURTRY
  • GBPDKK
  • GBPHUF
  • GBPINR
  • GBPNOK
  • GBPPLN
  • GBPSEK
  • USDCNH
  • USDCZK
  • USDHUF
  • USDINR
  • USDMXN
  • USDNOK
  • USDHKD
  • USDPLN
  • USDTRY
  • USDSEK
  • USDZAR
  • USDSGD
  • XAGEUR
  • XAGUSD
  • XAUEUR
  • XAUGBP
  • XAUUSD
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The Margin Calculator calculates margin based on the Notional Value (lot size) and the maximum leverage offered by the Company. Find out more in the leverage and margin requirements in full detail here.

How does the margin calculator work?

You can figure out the margin requirements for a trade in just 3 simple steps.

  1. Choose your account currency
  2. Select the currency pair(s) you’d like to trade.
  3. Set your position size and your margin will be automatically displayed.

A quick note

Our margin calculator is based on the specifications of our Advantage and Advantage Plus accounts.

What is margin?

Still trying to get to grips with margin? Learn more about it with this quick video.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Margin refers to the amount of money needed in your account to maintain an open position.

Here is the formula to calculate the Margin:

Volume of order * Contract/Lot Size * Price / Leverage

Margin Level indicates how “healthy” your trading account is. It’s the ratio of your Equity to the Used Margin of your open positions, shown as a percentage. No need to do the math yourself though – check out our helpful calculator above.

Margin Call is a notification which tells you that you need to deposit more money in your trading account (or close losing positions) to free up more margin. It’s shown as a fixed percentage and can be spotted in the Account Specifications of your trading account. When the market moves against your open positions, your margin level falls. Once the margin falls to the Margin Call percentage, you’ll get a Margin Call warning in your Terminal.

If you have a margin requirement of 5%, it means you are trading with leverage of 20:1. Margin available depends your account type and the specific instrument you're trading. You can learn more about this here.