Margin Level XAUUSD
Examples of what's margin in MetaTrader 4 platform & What is Margin, What is Required Margin, What is Equity, What's Used Margin and What's Free Gold margin.
XAUUSD Margin, Required Gold Trading Margin, Equity, Used Margin and Free Trading Margin
What is Required Gold Trading Margin? : Required Gold Trading Margin is the amount of money your broker requires from you to open a trade position. It's expressed in percentage.
What is Equity? : XAUUSD Equity is the total amount of capital you have in your account.
What is Used XAUUSD Margin? : Used Gold Trading Margin is the amount of money in your account that has already been used up when buying a contract, this contract is the one that's displayed in open trade transactions. You can't use this sum of money after opening a trade position because you have already used it and it's not available to you to open another trade transaction with.
In other words, because your online broker has opened up a position for you using the capital you have borrowed, you as a trader must maintain this used margin as collateral to allow you continue using the leverage the broker has given you.
What's Free Margin? : XAUUSD Free Trading Margin is the amount of money in your account which you as a gold trader can use to open new trade positions. Free Trading Margin is the amount of money in your account that hasn't yet been leveraged because you haven't yet opened a trade transactions with this funds - this Free Margin is also very important for you as a trader because it enables you as a trader to continue holding your open trade transactions as explained below.
Example of What is Margin in MT4 Platform
The margin examples on MetaTrader 4 below, the set leverage option is 100:1, the margin which is 1 % is $2683.07 - therefore the total amount controlled by the trader is: $268,307 - this is because with this leverage the trader has used little of their own capital and borrowed the rest from their online broker, with this leverage option set at 100:1, a xauusd trader is using 1 percent% of their trading capital, this 1 % is $2683.07 - if 1% is $2683.07 dollars then 100 % is $268,307 dollars
MT4 Gold Trading Leverage Margin Calculation - Gold Margin Calculator Percent - Gold Margin Level - Margin Level Gold
Free Margin - $13,433.48
Free Trading Margin which can be used by a trader to open new trades in MT4 platform as shown on the above example.
Used XAUUSD Trading Margin - $2683.07 dollars
XAUUSD Margin which has already been used up by the trader to open trades in MT4 platform as shown on the above example.
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