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BlogWhat is margin level in forex?
Margin level is the ratio of your account equity to your used margin, expressed as a percentage: (Equity / Used Margin) x 100. It measures the health of your account. A margin level below 100% usually restricts new trades, and levels below 50% often trigger automatic stop-outs.
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
Answer
Margin level is the ratio of your account equity to your used margin, expressed as a percentage: (Equity / Used Margin) x 100. It measures the health of your account. A margin level below 100% usually restricts new trades, and levels below 50% often trigger automatic stop-outs.
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