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What is leverage?
Updated over 8 months ago

Leverage is a ratio in respect of trade size and initial margin.

Example:

A 1:30 ratio means that to open a position, the Initial Margin is thirty times less than the Trade Size.

More information regarding the Leverage in accordance with the type of CFDs is available in the Contract Specifications.

Leverage for Retail Clients

When you open your account, you automatically get the Retail Client status.

The following shows the leverage breakdown depending on a particular asset class:

  1. 30:1 for major currency pairs (3.33% margin)

  2. 20:1 for minor currency pairs, gold and major indices (5% margin)

  3. 10:1 for commodities other than gold and minor indices (10% margin)

  4. 5:1 for individual equities and other reference values (20% margin)

  5. 2:1 for cryptocurrencies (50% margin)

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