Please find below the maximum leverages for Professional customers
Cash Indices
| Symbol | Leverage according to position (lots) | ||||
| GER30 | 0-1000 lots | 1000-2000 lots | >2000 lots | ||
| 1:400 | 1:200 | 1:100 | |||
| FRA40 | 0-500 lots | 500-1000 lots | >1000 lots | ||
| 1:400 | 1:200 | 1:100 | |||
| UK100 | 0-500 lots | 500-1000 lots | >1000 lots | ||
| 1:400 | 1:200 | 1:100 | |||
| USA500 | 0-2500 lots | 2500-5000 lots | >5000 lots | ||
| 1:400 | 1:200 | 1:100 | |||
| USAIND | 0-250 lots | 250-500 lots | >500 lots | ||
| 1:400 | 1:200 | 1:100 | |||
| USATEC | 0-1000 lots | 1000-2000 lots | >2000 lots | ||
| 1:400 | 1:200 | 1:100 | |||
| EURO50 | 0-500 lots | 500-1000 lots | >1000 lots | ||
| 1:400 | 1:200 | 1:100 | |||
| ESP35 | 0-500 lots | 500-1000 lots | >1000 lots | ||
| 1:200 | 1:100 | 1:50 | |||
Maintaining Positions
Long positions held overnight will be debited with swaps, calculated based on 3-month interbank rate plus 1.75%. Short positions
held overnight will be credited with swaps, calculated based on 3-month interbank rate minus 1.75%. In case 3-month rate
is less than 1.75%, short positions will be debited the resulting swap calculation.
Please note that the Cash indices may be subject to dividend adjustments in order to reflect the cash payments of the
constituent stocks within the index. These payments cause the value of the index to drop as its price is calculated from
the value of the stocks within it.
The dividend adjustments will be applied 1 hour before the market open on the ex-dividend date in order to take into
account the downward price movement of the underlying cash index. We will apply Dividend points as estimated by Bloomberg,
rounded to the nearest hundredth, and recalculate the amount on a standard Lot (Contract) basis.
The dividend adjustments will be positive for clients holding long positions and negative for those holding short. The
calendar with the expected daily adjustments will be published in the Dividend Adjustments section on our Cash Indices
page (herein).
Close-out level for Retail client accounts is set at 30%
Please find below the Used Margin thresholds for customers with ActivTrader platform. If the used margin in client’s accounts
exceeds the thresholds set below, the respective coefficient will be applied to the leverage for each of the trading instruments,
for the part of the position exceeding the threshold itself.
| Used Margin EUR | Coefficient |
| 150k – 300k | 0.5 |
| >300k | 0.25 |
| Used Margin USD and CHF | Coefficient |
| 180k – 360k | 0.5 |
| >360k | 0.25 |
| Used Margin GBP | Coefficient |
| 130k – 260k | 0.5 |
| >260k | 0.25 |
Example:
A client with EUR account and leverage 1:400 has Long position for 340 lots EURUSD. Margin requirement for
this position is 140 000 EUR
- 50 000 EUR for the first 200 lots with 1:400 leverage
- 50 000 EUR for the next 100 lots with 1:200 leverage
- 40 000 EUR for the final 40 lots with 1:100 leverage
The next trade Buy 20 lots EURUSD will consume 30 000 EUR margin
- 10 000 EUR for the first 10 lots – bringing the Used margin to 150 000 EUR
- 20 000 EUR for the next 10 lots – leverage 1:50 (coefficient 0.5 applied to 1:100 leverage)
A client can have positions in different instruments that again bring the used margin above the thresholds specified. A client
with EUR account and leverage 1:400 has Long position for 90 lots Ger30 (at price 11000) and Short position
in GOLD for 100 lots (at price 1380). Total used margin requirement is 140 000 EUR
- 27 500 EUR for Long position for the first 1000 lots in Ger30 at 1:400 leverage
- 55 000 EUR for Long position for the next 1000 lots in Ger30 at 1:200 leverage
- 2700 EUR for Long position for the final 250 lots in Ger30 at 1:100 leverage
- 34 500 USD Short position in GOLD for 100 lots at 1:400 leverage (30 000 EUR at EURUSD = 1.1500)
The next trade Buy 80 lots EURUSD will consume 30 000 EUR margin
- 10 000 EUR for the first 40 lots at leverage 1:400 – bringing the Used margin to 150 000 EUR
- 20 000 EUR for the next 40 lots – leverage 1:200 (coefficient 0.5 applied to 1:400 leverage)
If a client has more than 1 account, the Used margin thresholds are reduced proportionately to the number of accounts. Thus
a client with 2 accounts in EUR will have Used margin EUR threshold for each of the accounts reduced by half. ActivTrader
Platform will display the exact margin requirement for each position that clients intend to open.
The margin requirement for CFDs is variable and depends on two factors: (1) the chosen account leverage and (2) the contract value of the CFD. The initial margin is determined at the time the position is opened.
The margin can be derived by multiplying the price level of the index or commodity with its point value (see our contract specifications table). This total is the contract value to which the leverage is applied. Then the total is converted into the account’s currency (with the current exchange rate).
| Select | Acc Equity € | Max Leverage | Margin % | Close-out Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤ 50,000 | 1:400 | 0.25 | 30% | |
| 50,001 - 100,000 | 1:200 | 0.5 | 30% | |
| 100,001 - 250,000 | 1:100 | 1 | 30% | |
| > 250,000 | Upon Request | 100% | ||
Margin requirement
Maintaining Positions
Long positions held overnight will be debited with swaps, calculated based on 3-month interbank rate plus 1.75%.
Short positions held overnight will be credited with swaps, calculated based on 3-month interbank rate minus 1.75%.
In case 3-month rate is less than 1.75%, short positions will be debited the resulting swap calculation.
Please note that the Cash indices may be subject to dividend adjustments in order to reflect the cash payments of the
constituent stocks within the index. These payments cause the value of the index to drop as its price is calculated from
the value of the stocks within it.
The dividend adjustments will be applied 1 hour before the market open on the ex-dividend date in order to take into
account the downward price movement of the underlying cash index. We will apply Dividend points as estimated by Bloomberg, rounded
to the nearest hundredth, and recalculate the amount on a standard Lot (Contract) basis.
The dividend adjustments will be positive for clients holding long positions and negative for those holding short. The
calendar with the expected daily adjustments will be published in the Dividend Adjustments section on our Cash Indices
page.(herein)
Close-out level for Retail client accounts is set at 30%
Please note that for customers carrying larger net positions on the cash instruments, we reserve the right to multiply
the above margin requirements as follows:
Intraday:
| 100-250 LOTS | > 250 LOTS |
| X2 | X4 |
Overnight(*):
| 10-25 LOTS | > 25 LOTS |
| X2 | X4 |
The number of lots is based on the contract size of the underlying Future contract. For Cash Indices this number is adjusted
accordingly. (*) Applicable 1 hour before the closing.
