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 account with. Some brokers will set this level at 100%, others at 50% and 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 and buy 1 standard lot for $100,000 your margin on this trade is the $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 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 is 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 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 trade transactions will be closed out once your trading account balance gets to $500 - at $500 you'll get a margin call.
What is 100% Margin Requirement Level?
If the broker sets 100% margin requirement of this level before closing out your open positions automatically using a Margin Call - at $1,000 you'll get a margin call, then your forex trades will be closed once your account balance gets to $1,000: Meaning the forex trades will close-out as soon as you execute a 1 standard lot on this account because even if you pay a 1 pips spreads your forex account balance will get to $990 and the needed margin requirement percentage 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 100% margin percent level requirement aren't suitable for you at all, even those 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 who set 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.
To Learn More about Forex Leverage and Margin - Read the Topics Below:
Forex Leverage and Margin Explained
