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Trading leveraged FX and CFDs is high risk and can result in rapid losses. Read the risk notice
MARGIN SCENARIO

See what the position reserves.

Enter account-currency values. The calculator separates the margin set aside for exposure from the amount a stop loss could lose.

ENTER THE SCENARIO

Use the same account currency for every money value.

Calculation updated. Required margin 666.67. Post-trade free margin 8,833.33. Post-trade margin level 857.14%. Margin level after the stress loss 840.00%.

AFTER THE PLANNED POSITION

Margin remains available.

30.00:1
Required margin666.67planned notional ÷ leverage
Post-trade used margin1,166.67existing + required margin
Post-trade free margin8,833.33equity − post-trade used margin
Current margin level2,000.00%equity ÷ used margin × 100
Post-trade margin level857.14%equity ÷ used margin × 100
Margin level after stress840.00%equity ÷ used margin × 100
SHOW THE WORKING

Every result follows four lines.

  1. Required margin20,000.00 ÷ 30.00 = 666.67
  2. Used margin after trade500.00 + 666.67 = 1,166.67
  3. Free margin after trade10,000.00 − 1,166.67 = 8,833.33
  4. Margin level before stress10,000.00 ÷ 1,166.67 × 100 = 857.14%
  5. Margin level after stress(10,000.00 − 200.00) ÷ 1,166.67 × 100 = 840.00%

Displayed values are rounded to two decimal places; calculations use the unrounded values.

Leverage changes margin, not the stop-loss arithmetic.

Notional value is the position’s full exposure. Required margin is the portion reserved to support it. Higher available leverage lowers that reservation for the same notional position, but a move from entry to stop still acts on the same position size. Stop distance, position size and pip value determine that loss—not the margin figure.