Currency leverages

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 save the entered leverage values, click Save next to the corresponding row.

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.

A default value of 100% means that the multiplier for the negative currency balance will be 1 when calculating the used margin.

Example of calculations with different leverages: Current balance GBP on the account = -100 GBP. For GBP, the currency leverage is set to 50%. For USD, the currency leverage is set to 100%. The leverage value for GBP is set to 50%. Accordingly, the leverage size will be calculated as (100% + 50%)/100 = 1.5, and Margin usage on a negative GBP balance will be equal to 100 GBP x 1.5 = 150 GBP.