Leverage
For its MT4 Instant, MT4 Market, MT5 Instant and MT5 Market accounts, Forex Club International provides its clients with the ability to trade using leverage up to 1:1000. This means that the total nominal value of all open positions at one point in time may exceed the current balance of funds on the Client's trading account but not more than by 1000 (one thousand) times. The allowed leverage depends on the type of trading account, trading instrument, and the size of the aggregate position in USD.
MT4-Market & MT5-Market
Aggregate position size in USD | Leverage* |
Forex Pairs FX Majors | |
Less than 1 mil. | 1000 |
1 mil. – 5 mil. | 500 |
5 mil. – 10 mil. | 200 |
10 mil. – 20 mil. | 100 |
Over 20 mil. | 5 |
FX RU, FX S. America | |
Any | 40 |
Other Forex Pairs | |
Less than 5 mil. | 200 |
5 mil. – 10 mil. | 100 |
10 mil. – 20 mil. | 20 |
Over 20 mil. | 5 |
XAU/USD | |
Less than 3 mil. | 500 |
3 mil. – 10 mil. | 200 |
10 mil. – 20 mil. | 100 |
20 mil. – 35 mil. | 20 |
Over 35 mil. | 5 |
XAG/USD | |
Less than 1 mil. | 500 |
1 mil. – 5 mil. | 100 |
5 mil. – 10 mil. | 20 |
Over 10 mil. | 5 |
CFDs on Indices (ES, FDAX, YM, NQ, Z) | |
Less than 500,000 | 500 |
500,000 - 1 mil. | 300 |
1 mil. - 2 mil. | 100 |
2 mil. - 5 mil. | 50 |
5 mil. - 10 mil. | 20 |
Over 10 mil. | 10 |
Other CFDs on Indices | |
Less than 0.3 mil. | 200 |
0.3 mil. - 1 mil. | 100 |
1 mil. - 1.5 mil. | 50 |
1.5 mil. - 5 mil. | 25 |
Over 5 mil. | 10 |
CFDs on Energy | |
Less than 500,000 | 100 |
500,000 – 1 mil. | 50 |
1 mil. - 2 mil. | 25 |
Over 2 mil. | 10 |
CFDs on Metals (except XAU/USD & XAG/USD) | |
Less than 500,000 | 50 |
500,000 - 2 mil. | 25 |
2 mil. - 5 mil. | 12.5 |
Over 5 mil. | 10 |
1. Major stocks (AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, META, MSFT, TSLA) | |
Less than 100,000 | 10 |
Over 100,000 | 5 |
2. All other stocks (except those mentioned in point 1) | |
Any volume | 5 |
3. Main cryptocurrencies (BTC/USD and ETH/USD) | |
Less than 50,000 | 200 |
50,000 - 500,000 | 100 |
500,000 - 1 mln. | 50 |
1 mln. - 5 mln. | 20 |
5 mln. - 10 mln. | 10 |
Over 10 mln. | 1 |
4. Other cryptocurrencies (except those shown in point 3) | |
Less than 5,000 | 75 |
5,000 - 10,000 | 50 |
10,000 - 500,000 | 20 |
500,000 - 1 mln. | 10 |
Over 1 mln. | 1 |
MT4 Instant & MT5 Instant
Aggregated position size in USD | Leverage* |
Forex Pairs FX Majors | |
Less than 1 mil. | 1000 |
1 mil. – 5 mil. | 500 |
5 mil. – 10 mil. | 200 |
10 mil. – 20 mil. | 100 |
Over 20 mil. | 5 |
Forex Pairs, FX RU, FX S. America | |
Any | 40 |
Other Forex Pairs | |
Less than 5 mil. | 200 |
5 mil. – 10 mil. | 100 |
Over 10 mil. | 5 |
XAU/USD | |
Less than 3 mil. | 500 |
3 mil. – 10 mil. | 200 |
10 mil. – 20 mil. | 100 |
20 mil. – 35 mil. | 20 |
Over 35 mil. | 5 |
XAG/USD | |
Less than 1 mil. | 500 |
1 mil. – 5 mil. | 100 |
5 mil. – 10 mil. | 20 |
Over 10 mil. | 5 |
CFDs on Indices (ES, FDAX, YM, NQ, Z) | |
Less than 500,000 | 500 |
500,000 - 1 mil. | 300 |
1 mil. - 2 mil. | 100 |
2 mil. - 5 mil. | 50 |
5 mil. - 10 mil. | 20 |
Over 10 mil. | 10 |
Other CFDs on Indices | |
Less than 0.3 mil. | 200 |
0,3 mil. - 1 mil. | 100 |
1 mil. - 1.5 mil. | 50 |
1.5 mil. - 5 mil. | 25 |
Over 5 mil. | 10 |
CFDs on Energy | |
Less than 500,000 | 100 |
500,000 – 1 mil. | 50 |
1 mil. - 2 mil. | 25 |
Over 2 mil. | 10 |
CFDs on Metals (except XAU/USD & XAG/USD) | |
Less than 500,000 | 50 |
500,000 - 2 mil. | 25 |
2 mil. - 5 mil. | 12.5 |
Over 5 mil. | 10 |
1. Major stocks (AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, META, MSFT, TSLA) | |
Less than 100,000 | 10 |
Over 100,000 | 5 |
2. All other stocks (except those mentioned in point 1) | |
Any volume | 5 |
3. Main cryptocurrencies (BTC/USD and ETH/USD) | |
Less than 50,000 | 200 |
50,000 - 500,000 | 100 |
500,000 - 1 mln. | 50 |
1 mln. - 5 mln. | 20 |
5 mln. - 10 mln. | 10 |
Over 10 mln. | 1 |
4. Other cryptocurrencies (except those shown in point 3) | |
Less than 5,000 | 75 |
5,000 - 10,000 | 50 |
10,000 - 500,000 | 20 |
500,000 - 1 mln. | 10 |
Over 1 mln. | 1 |
An example of calculating the margin with a floating leverage on an MT4 Instant account.
Consider the following example with floating leverage:
Opening position # 1: Buy 8 lots of EUR/USD at a price of 1.10510 (Position # 1).
The nominal value is 8 * 100,000 * 1.10510 = 884,080 USD.
Since the nominal value of 884,080 USD does not exceed 1,000,000 USD, the margin requirements (collateral/margin) are calculated with a leverage of 1: 1000, i.e. the margin is 884,080 / 1,000 = 884,08 USD.
Opening position # 2: Buy 40 lots of EUR/USD at 1.08310.
The nominal value is 40 * 100,000 * 1.08310 = 4,332,400 USD.
Aggregate nominal value for positions # 1 and # 2:
884,080 (item # 1) + 4,332,400 (item # 2) = 5,216,480 USD.
Now that the aggregated nominal value of two open positions exceeds 5,000,000 USD, the aggregate margin is calculated differently: for the first 1,000,000 USD, a leverage of 1: 1000 is taken into account. For the next 4,000,000 USD, the leverage will be 1: 500, and for the remainder, 1: 200.
Thus, the margin will be (1,000,000 / 1,000) + (4,000,000 / 500) + (216,480 / 200) = 1,000 + 8,000 + 1,082.4 = 10,082.4 USD.
* Every Friday, 1 hour before the close of the trading session, for all open and newly opened positions for currency pairs, the maximum leverage will be lowered to the second level; so, for FX Majors, it will be lowered from 1:1000 to 1:500; for CFDs on Energy it will be lowered from 1:100 to 1:50. For all CFD instruments, except for CFDs on Stocks, the maximum leverage is halved 1 hour before the close of the trading session. For CFDs on Stocks, the leverage does not change for a given time period. Also, the Company reserves the right to reduce the leverage provided to the Client before weekends and holidays.
