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Margin Wallet

With the Margin Wallet, users can take the trading to the next level by increasing trading positions. This feature is designed to provide users with greater flexibility and enhanced opportunities in the market.

Used Margin

• Each instrument has a configuration of margin requirement (allowed leverage), expressed in percentage.

• When a trade is executed, the margin requirement percentage of the trade amount is locked (reserved)

• Used margin is all the margin that’s “locked up” and can’t be used to open new positions

• Formulas: 

  • Trade margin requirement = Trade Amount * Margin Requirement

  • Used Margin = sum(Trade margin requirements) for all open trades

Equity

• Formula:  Equity = Account Balance + Floating PnL

• Account Balance in the formula above does NOT include non-released bonuses.

Free Margin

• Formula: Free Margin = Equity - Used Margin

• Allows to open new positions, if the required margin for the position is less than the free margin

• Allows existing positions to move against the trader before she receives a margin call or being stopped out

Margin Level

• The margin level is the percentage (%) value based on the amount of equity versus used margin.
  Formula: Margin Level = (Equity / Used Margin) x 100%

• Margin level allows to determine how much of the funds are available for new trades.

• Margin call is issued when the margin level reaches 100%

• Stop-out action is performed when the margin level reaches some pre-configured level, for example, 20%

Margin Call

• When the margin level reaches 100%, a margin call is issued to the trader. 

• A margin  all occurs when the trader’s floating losses are greater than the treader’s used margin. This means that the equity is less than the used margin.

• The margin call communication to the user can be done via phone call/sms/email/etc.

• The trader is not obliged to act based on the margin call, however she risks reaching the stop-out level and having her positions liquidated.

• The following scenarios can “relieve” the margin call situation:

  • The trader’s equity increases duo to a favourable market move

  • The trader deposits funds to the account, by that increasing the free margin

  •  The trader releases a bonus, by that increasing the free margin

  • The trader closes positions, by that decreasing the used margin

Stop-Out

• If the margin level continues to drop after the issuance of the margin call and reaches a preconfigured level (20%, for example), the broker is allowed to take action and close any open positions until the margin level raises above 100%. This can be an automated process, either smart (selective position liquidation) or “brute-force” (close all open positions automatically).

1. Balance = Available Cash  (Net deposit ( total Deposits - total withdrawals) + All Bonuses that converted to cash  + Closed PNL )

2. Equity = Balance + Open P&L+ Bonus (tradeable) 

3. Margin used = Sum of all open positions , shows how much was invested as amount in open trades 

4. Free Margin = Equity - Margin used

5. Margin Level % = Equity / Margin used (shown as % )

6. Open P&L = Sum of all open p&L of all trades together
   Color can be green if positive or red if negative