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arbifox · 12-13-2007, 03:43 PM

I was just talking to support at FOREX.com, trying to find out about margin requirements to trade certain currency pairs. They told me that NT would have a table of the requirements for each of the pairs, as Gain Capital is only acting as the Clearinghouse for NT.

So as an example, if I have a $5K account, and I want to trade the EUR/USD or JPY/USD pair, how can I find how many lots I can trade on a 100:1 leverage account?

Regards,

Thomas.

NinjaTrader_Ray · 12-13-2007, 03:49 PM

Standard Lot = 100K, so on a 5K account you have 5000 x 100 margin which is 500,000 which means you can likely trade up to 5 lots.

arbifox · 12-13-2007, 04:06 PM

Ray,

Thanks for getting back to me, is that true regardless of the currency pair I trade?

Regards,

Thomas

NinjaTrader_Ray · 12-13-2007, 04:21 PM

Should be the case from my understanding but only GAIN can confirm that. Not sure why they referred you to us on this matter.

12-13-2007, 03:43 PM	#1
arbifox Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 92 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times in 0 posts	Margin Requirements for FOREX.com I was just talking to support at FOREX.com, trying to find out about margin requirements to trade certain currency pairs. They told me that NT would have a table of the requirements for each of the pairs, as Gain Capital is only acting as the Clearinghouse for NT. So as an example, if I have a $5K account, and I want to trade the EUR/USD or JPY/USD pair, how can I find how many lots I can trade on a 100:1 leverage account? Regards, Thomas.
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12-13-2007, 03:49 PM	#2
NinjaTrader_Ray Administrator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Denver, CO, USA Posts: 11,163 Thanks: 6 Thanked 45 times in 32 posts	Standard Lot = 100K, so on a 5K account you have 5000 x 100 margin which is 500,000 which means you can likely trade up to 5 lots. Ray NinjaTrader Customer Service Use Kinetick, NinjaTrader’s preferred market data service - Learn More Free online training events - View Schedule
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12-13-2007, 04:06 PM	#3
arbifox Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 92 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times in 0 posts	Is this true for any currency pair? Ray, Thanks for getting back to me, is that true regardless of the currency pair I trade? Regards, Thomas
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12-13-2007, 04:21 PM	#4
NinjaTrader_Ray Administrator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Denver, CO, USA Posts: 11,163 Thanks: 6 Thanked 45 times in 32 posts	Should be the case from my understanding but only GAIN can confirm that. Not sure why they referred you to us on this matter. Ray NinjaTrader Customer Service Use Kinetick, NinjaTrader’s preferred market data service - Learn More Free online training events - View Schedule
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