At CRIB MARKETS LTD, you can pick the leverage rate that suits you, and for certain accounts with leverage ranging from 1:100 to 1:1000*, the sky is the limit! Leverage and Margin Rates are dynamic, responding to factors like your account's equity, holidays, weekends, and economic news, so it's important to take the time to understand how they operate.

Calculate the maximum criteria for leverage and margin now by dragging the yellow dot to your current account equity level to display correct margin and maximum levels of Leverage.

The use of Leverage & Margin is one of the most attractive factors about forex trading. This helps you to open up and maintain a much larger position with a limited amount of capital. For instance, if you want to open a EURUSD trade worth $100,000, you don't need to have that $100,000 in your account!

Technically, leverage is where an investor has a large sum at their disposal by using their own funds substantially less. They borrow the remainder from their broker efficiently.

For instance, suppose you’re trading with a 1:100 leverage and you have $1,000 USD in your account, you’ve got $100,000 available for trading.While this sounds like a crazy good chance, you always have to note that it's a double-edged sword.

You will open up greater positions and potentially earn larger profits when you trade with a larger amount as leverage allows you to do so. However, with bigger positions you also have a higher risk whereby your losses could also be larger.

When you think of the margin as a deposit for the trade you want to open and retain, it may be easier to understand. The broker you trade with will hold a portion of your balance to cover the trade's potential loss. The margin will be returned to your account when you close the position.

Usually, the margin you need for a trade is expressed as a percentage of the overall trade and is called the ' Margin requirement. ' For every trade you open, you will be given a margin requirement which will vary depending on the device you trade with and the broker you choose to trade.

To minimize your risk exposure, margin requirements and leverage may change before the release of Key Economic News Announcements, important holidays, and over the weekend.

The margin requirements for new positions opened on affected instruments are determined with a maximum leverage of 1:200 from 15 minutes before reporting high-level economic news until 5 minutes later.

Effective Friday at 19:00 GMT (three hours before the forex market closes) until Sunday at 23:00 GMT (two hours after the market opens), the margin requirements for opening new positions will be determined with a maximum leverage of 1:200.

A number of important holidays, together with weekends, may also be subject to increased margin requirements. We will publish an update in the CRIB MARKETS LTD News section before making any changes to your leverage.