Trading calculators
Margin calculator
Required margin is the part of the account a broker sets aside while a position is open. It equals the notional value of the trade, units times price, divided by leverage.
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Prices from our market bridge as of Sep 24, 06:30 PM UTC. Any field can be changed by hand.
- Required margin
- 1,137.34
How it is calculated
At 1:100 a position worth 100,000 ties up 1,000 of margin, at 1:30 about 3,333. What is left is free margin, which absorbs losses on open positions and funds new ones.
The result is in the quote currency of the instrument: USD for EURUSD, JPY for USDJPY. On an account in another currency, convert it at the current rate. Brokers set leverage per instrument and can lower it before news and weekends, which raises the margin for the same position.