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What is 1:100 Leverage?

Gold Leverage in gold trading is the ratio of a xauusd trader's money to that of the borrowed trading capital that has been borrowed from the broker.

For example 1:100 gold leverage means that for each dollar one has in their account they have borrowed 100 from their broker. Hence if one has $100 in their account they will have borrowed using 1:100 leverage & hence after leverage option of 1:100 they will have $100*100:1 leverage and this will be equal to $10,000 gold capital.

Gold Leverage is use of borrowed funds in gold trading so as to trade much bigger volumes so as to increase the profit potential of trades.

1:100 gold leverage basically means that as a trader you get $100 for every $1 in your account.

1:100 Leverage for $100 Account

In XAUUSD, a small deposit amount can control a much larger and bigger trade transaction, this is called and known as Gold Leverage, which gives and provides traders ability to make more profits on opened trades, and at the same time keep the risk capital to a minimum.

A trader will transact and trade on borrowed capital, having $100 trader can borrow the rest of the amount using a leverage ratio option such as 100:1 - meaning that one borrows 100 dollars for every 1 dollar they have in their trading account, henceforth in total they will control a total of $10,000 without having to deposit all of it - this is how trading leverage works in xauusd.

Gold Leverage is denoted in form of a ratio, for Examples 1:100, means the broker with give one $100 dollars for every $1 which the Gold trader has.

Gold Margin is the sum of money required by your broker so as to allow you as a trader to continue trading with trading leveraged amount. Gold Margin is amount you deposit so as to open an account with. If you deposit $100 then that is your gold trading margin.

With trading leverage it is possible for retail traders to trade the trading market. Leverage of 100:1 means that for each one dollar you deposit, the broker gives you $100 dollars. This also means that in converse the online broker requires you to maintain a margin of $1 for every $100 Dollars that they give you so as to let you continue using the borrowed amount that they have given you for trading.

XAU/USD Margin Example:

If you deposit $100, and the broker provides you leverage of 100:1 then it means you now have $100*(100) = $10,000 Dollars which you can transact with.

Equity Management Rules for Transacting with 1:100 Leverage Option

When gold trading with 1:100 leverage you should come up with your gold money management rules that you will use to manage your trading account capital. This set of gold money management guidelines/rules should be written on your xauusd/gold plan. If you're a beginner who wants to register a $100 dollar account & you don't know what gold money management rules/guidelines are, you can use the learn gold tutorials below to learn about what is xauusd/gold equity management?

How to create trading money management guidelines/rules for trading a 1:100 Leverage Account

Gold with Leverage

The more leverage you use, the higher the profit/loss

The less leverage you use the less the trading profit and loss

It is henceforth better to use less leverage so as to cap trading risks involved. The higher the leverage ratio used the greater the risks. This is one of the leverage guidelines not to use more than 5:1 leverage.

In money management leverage rules: It's advisable to keep below 10:1 leverage which is still high, most and many professional experienced fund managers use 2:1 leverage option in their trading account.

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