Admiral Markets Increases Leverage on Major CFDs to 500:1
- Leverage of 1:500 will be available for DAX30, FTSE100, DJI30, NQ100, SP500, ASX200, GOLD, SILVER, WTI and BRENT.

Admiral Markets has informed clients that it will be instituting changes in the terms for Margin Requirements Margin Requirements A margin requirement is defined as the minimum equity sum that investors must keep in their margin account preceding a trading transaction. Margin requirements may be referred to as maintenance margin, minimum maintenance, or maintenance requirement. This is a requirement for broker trading in any asset class.In terms of equities, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) have a fixed margin requirement of 25% of the sum value of the securities presen A margin requirement is defined as the minimum equity sum that investors must keep in their margin account preceding a trading transaction. Margin requirements may be referred to as maintenance margin, minimum maintenance, or maintenance requirement. This is a requirement for broker trading in any asset class.In terms of equities, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) have a fixed margin requirement of 25% of the sum value of the securities presen Read this Term on FX and contracts-for-difference (CFDs) trading accounts.
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Starting from 9 January 2017, the company will be providing new terms on its Admiral.Markets and Admiral.Prime accounts, under which the provided Leverage Leverage In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders Read this Term will no longer depend on the account balance and will be determined only by a position's notional value in an account's currency. Additionally, positions opened within an hour before the trading session close on Fridays will be provided with a leverage of 1:50.
Among the benefits of the new terms, Admiral Markets lists increased accessibility of the most popular CFDs for clients with smaller deposits due to a leverage rate of 1:500 that will be available for DAX30, FTSE100, DJI30, NQ100, SP500, ASX200, GOLD, SILVER, WTI and BRENT.
The broker further explained that the terms will offer more trading opportunities for one of the major currency pairs - USD/CHF - and other currency pairs with the Swiss franc, which will no longer be an exception from general FX terms and will get the leverage up to 1:500.
Already open position will not be affected as the new terms will only be applied to new positions starting from the session opening on Monday, 9 January 2017. MT5 accounts will keep the flat leverage rate of 1:100 but Admiral Markets promises that improvements will come soon.
Admiral Markets has informed clients that it will be instituting changes in the terms for Margin Requirements Margin Requirements A margin requirement is defined as the minimum equity sum that investors must keep in their margin account preceding a trading transaction. Margin requirements may be referred to as maintenance margin, minimum maintenance, or maintenance requirement. This is a requirement for broker trading in any asset class.In terms of equities, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) have a fixed margin requirement of 25% of the sum value of the securities presen A margin requirement is defined as the minimum equity sum that investors must keep in their margin account preceding a trading transaction. Margin requirements may be referred to as maintenance margin, minimum maintenance, or maintenance requirement. This is a requirement for broker trading in any asset class.In terms of equities, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) have a fixed margin requirement of 25% of the sum value of the securities presen Read this Term on FX and contracts-for-difference (CFDs) trading accounts.
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Starting from 9 January 2017, the company will be providing new terms on its Admiral.Markets and Admiral.Prime accounts, under which the provided Leverage Leverage In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders Read this Term will no longer depend on the account balance and will be determined only by a position's notional value in an account's currency. Additionally, positions opened within an hour before the trading session close on Fridays will be provided with a leverage of 1:50.
Among the benefits of the new terms, Admiral Markets lists increased accessibility of the most popular CFDs for clients with smaller deposits due to a leverage rate of 1:500 that will be available for DAX30, FTSE100, DJI30, NQ100, SP500, ASX200, GOLD, SILVER, WTI and BRENT.
The broker further explained that the terms will offer more trading opportunities for one of the major currency pairs - USD/CHF - and other currency pairs with the Swiss franc, which will no longer be an exception from general FX terms and will get the leverage up to 1:500.
Already open position will not be affected as the new terms will only be applied to new positions starting from the session opening on Monday, 9 January 2017. MT5 accounts will keep the flat leverage rate of 1:100 but Admiral Markets promises that improvements will come soon.