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How Do I Calculate the Margin Required?

Three example of how to calculate the margin requirement in xauusd.

Now if Your Leverage is 100:1

When trading if you as a trader have $1,000 and use gold leverage option of 100:1 & buy 1 standard lot/contract worth $100,000 dollars your margin on this trade transaction is the $$1000 in your account, this is the money which you'll lose out if your open trade position goes against you, the other $99,000 that's borrowed, the broker will close the open trade transactions mechanically using a Margin Call once your $1,000 has been taken out by the market.

But this is if your gold broker has set 0% Margin Requirement before closing out your trades mechanically/automatically using the Margin Call.

Examples 1: How to Calculate What's 20% Margin Requirement Level

For 20% margin requirement before liquidating your trades mechanically using what is referred to as a Margin Call, then your trade positions will be stopped out once your account balance drops to $200 - at $200 you'll get a margin call.

Examples 2: How to Calculate What's 50 % Margin Requirement Level

For 50% prerequisite of this level before closing out your trades mechanically using what is known as a margin call, then your transactions will be closed once your trading account balance drops to $500 - at $500 you will get a margin call.

Example 3: How to Calculate What's 100% Margin Requirement Level

If the online broker sets 100% margin percentage level requirement of this level before automatically closing your open positions mechanically/automatically using what is known as a margin Call - at $1,000 you'll get a margin call, then your trade positions will be closed once your trading account balance drops to $1,000 dollars: Meaning the trade transactions will closeout as soon as you execute a 1 standard lot on this gold account because even if you as a trader you pay 10 dollars spread your gold account balance will get to below $1,000 & the needed margin requirement percentage is 100 percent i.e. $1,000, hence your gold orders will immediately get closed using a Margin Call once your margin requirement falls below 100 %.

Most gold brokers do not set 100 % margin requirement, but there are those gold brokers that set 100% margin percent level requirement are not appropriate for you at all, even those who set 50 % margin requirement level are still not suitable. Choose and Select those online brokers that set their margin level requirement at 20 % margin level, in fact, those brokers that set their margin requirement at 20 % Margin Requirement are among some of the best because the likely hood that they close-out your trade position using a Margin Call is reduced and minimized as cited in the above example illustration.

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