Balance, equity and margin level

Lesson 2 of 4 · about 9 minutes

3 questions, each checked the moment you answer it.

5 steps · about 9 minutes

The interactive lesson walks these ideas one screen at a time and checks your answers as you go. The text below covers the same ground for reading.

An open trade moves some of your account figures

While a trade sits open, like the example trade of 0.40 lots of EUR/USD, the account shows several figures, and only some of them move.

What happens when your margin level falls?

Margin level shows equity as a percentage of used margin. At your account's margin-call level, the platform flags low margin. At the stop-out level, it starts closing positions automatically.

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