Leverage refers to the use of borrowed money to increase the potential return on investment.

Hi, i’ve seen a lot of people talk about this but not in the size of account i have. So, i have a 200GBP account with 1:100 leverage, I want to risk 0.5% and have a SL of 30 pips,(instrument EUR/USD) however It comes up …

Hi there question right now i use a 1: 500 leverage broker, as your account grows say you have a 5000 pound account when this account reaches say 100000 will the broker reduce your leverage or could you keep trading the…

So I’m being really dim and struggling to find a way of calculating the pip value if the leverage changes. On line there are pip calculators but none have any link to leverage. So if I placed a one lot trade of US30 and …

Hypothetical: I have a $100k account. I risk $1000 on a long trade using 33x leverage. My target is +3% from my entry. My stop loss is set to 1.5%. If I get stopped out, would my total loss be 49.5% (1.5% * 33) of $1…

Hi all, I thought that by having 1:1 leverage one could never lose more than the margin (+ swaps/commissions) used in the trade (i.e. lose only your own money put in the trade). This I thought was almost impossible beca…

Forex traders use different leverage levels based on their trading strategies and their ability to anticipate market movements. Usually, short-term traders like scalpers and day traders tend to trade with high leverage s…

Hello again. Let me ask my question clearly, how do you use leverage in Forex trading? I know that is a basic question but I think I do not have enough information to use that correctly! What leverage do you use and h…

At the time of selecting a broker, traders think of the leverage issue the most. Leverage trading is a technique that can bring high profit and high loss as well. But, according to some traders’ risk management policy; i…

Greetings fellow traders. Quick question here. I see one broker offering a leverage of 1000:1 with a low deposit. Would you be willing to trade such a small account on such leverage? lololol.

hello Im looking for a reliable broker with a leverage 1:500. For these reason I want know if anyone have proofs of withdrawal funds from their brokers. I have made some research in google and i see people complain t…

Hi there, Please read carefully. I am well aware od the leverage calculators, but they dont allow me to calculate my stop loss point. I want to be able to calculate the maximum LOT size I can use and not get stopped o…

hello all what do you think of those brokers who offer high leverage? i came to tis question while I was checking a topic about these kind of brokers, some were against of this brokers I wanna know why?

Leverage in forex trading refers to the ability to control a large amount of currency with a small amount of investment capital. Essentially, it means that traders can borrow funds from their broker to open larger positi…

Is there any danger in using leverages?

Hello. My question is regarding position sizing. I have a demo account with $500 balance and 20:1 leverage. Now I want to calculate the position size that I should use in order to lose 1% ($5) of my balance if the stop …

I finally found a strategy that works for me and I am building my own trading journal on Google sheet. I have found platforms that calculate these separately, but I wish I could get an excel sheet/google sheet that give…

Hi traders! I have been a member here for a loooooong time but have spent a few years away, before starting a live trading account around this time last year (January 2018). In 2017 I started to get interested in autom…

Leverage trading is a technique that can bring high profit and high loss as well. It is the highly discussed topic among traders and even there are some types of traders who fall for leverage trading. So, it plays with …

Hi All I am new to to trading on MT4 so lease be pateint with me. I had one question, what's the difference between lots and leverage. I am starting to use MT4 and this would be really helpful. I haven't seen the o…

Hi guys, I have been on google, as well as investopedia, youtube and babypips school to learn and understand how it works and all. Here is what I have came to understand(correct or not is another issue) Imagine buy…

Guys I don't know whether this is a major brain fart or if I'm just overthinking this but I am seriously confused about lot sizes and everything related to this. I've completed School of Pips, I've made notes, I've read …

whats maximum lot size can you use with leverage of 1:3

Hello everyone, I'm new to baby pips and Forex in general. I just started learning a few weeks ago through a course on Udemy. I then found this site, which is a great addition for continuing my education into the worl…

Hey everyone, I am new to forex and I was just wondering what 1:20 leverage means when I have a $2,000 account? I recently signed up for OANDA and selected a leverage of 1:20. If I deposit $2,000, and put my volume as…

Hi there I'm looking at the position size calculator in the tools section of babypips (sorry, can't post link - not enough posts) to work out how much I can risk on a trade. I can understand the figures I'm given wh…

Hi everyone and first of all happy new year!!! :slight_smile: Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I couldn’t find a clear answer anywhere. Let’s say that with my risk management (let’s say 2% risk of my entire acco…

Say a broker has a 1:50 leverage. A standard lot size @ 100k would then cost me $2000 correct? And 10k is $200? 250k is $5000? Why then do people say that you should have $25k per 100k standard lots that you trade? J…

Guys i am planning to open a new forex real account but i am unable to understand what is the meaning of leverage 1:200, 1:100,1:50 and 1:500. can someone explain?

hi guys, i am a newbie in FOREX. I just went to online chat with an Oanda customer service and learned that the minimum trade leverage is 10:1 i was taken by surprise as I thought there would be 1:1 leverage available …