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Margin

The amount of money required to open and maintain a leveraged position.

What is Margin in forex trading?

The amount of money required to open and maintain a leveraged position. It acts as a good faith deposit. Margin = (Trade Size / Leverage).

What this looks like across the brokers we track

Across the 40 brokers BrokerAnalysis tracks, advertised maximum leverage ranges from 1:30 to 1:3000, with a median of 1:500. 10 of them cap retail leverage at 1:30 or lower, which is the ceiling EU and UK rules impose.

Measured across 40 entities in the BrokerAnalysis dataset. See the full broker comparison

Detailed Explanation

It acts as a good faith deposit. Margin = (Trade Size / Leverage).

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