Currency leverages

Currency leverage determines the amount of margin that will be used if the account has a negative balance for the currency.

This tab allows to set the margin requirement level for each asset. This determines the amount of margin used in the event of a negative balance for a specific asset.

To set leverage for a single asset, select it in the Asset filter.

To set leverage for multiple assets, select them, click Add values, and set the desired leverage value.

Mechanism description

The value specified in the currency leverage field is a multiplier applied to the negative balance of this asset to calculate the Account Margin usage.

To calculate margin usage, the negative balance of the currency is multiplied by a multiplier calculated as the entered leverage value x 2. For example, if the entered leverage value is 100%, the multiplier is 200%; if it is 75%, the multiplier is 150%.

Example: If an account has a negative balance of -100 GBP and the leverage per GBP is 75% (or 0.75 in real terms), then the account's Margin usage amount will be: 100 x 0.75 x 2 = 150 GBP.