Margin Level XAU/USD
Examples of what's margin in MT4 platform software & What is Margin, What's Required Margin, What is Equity, What's Used Margin and What is Free margin.
XAU/USD Margin, Required Gold Trading Margin, Equity, Used Margin and Free Trading Margin
What is Required Gold Margin? : Required Gold Trading Margin is the amount of money your online broker requires from you to open a trade. It's denoted in percentage.
What is Equity? : XAU/USD Equity is the total amount of capital you've got in your account.
What is Used XAU/USD Margin? : Used Gold Margin is the amount of money on your account that has already been used when buying and opening a contract, this contract is the one that's shown and displayed in open trade position transactions. You can not use this amount/sum of money after opening a trade because you've already used it and it's not available to you for opening another trade position with.
In other terms, because your online trading broker has opened up a trade for you using the capital you've borrowed, you as a trader must maintain this used margin as collateral to allow you continue using the leverage the broker has assigned you.
What is Free Margin? : Gold Free Margin is the amount of money on your account which you as a gold trader can use to execute new trades. Free Trading Margin is the amount of money on your account that hasn't yet been leveraged because you haven't yet opened a trades with this funds - this Free Margin is also very key 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 MetaTrader 4 Software
The margin examples on MT4 below, the set leverage option is 100:1, the margin which is 1 % is $2683.07 - therefore the total amount controlled by the Gold 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 capital, this 1 % is $2683.07 - if 1% is $2683.07 dollars then 100 % is $268,307 dollars
MT4 Gold Trading Leverage Margin Calculator - Gold Margin Calculator Percent - Gold Margin Level - Margin Level Gold
Free Margin - $13,433.48
Free Trading Margin that can be used by a trader to open new trade positions on MT4 platform software just as is shown on the above illustration.
Used XAUUSD Trading Margin - $2683.07
XAU/USD Margin that has already been used by the trader to open trades on MT4 platform software as shown on the above illustration.
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