Margin

Leverage

Leverage lets you control a much larger position than the cash you’ve actually put up, and it’s one of the main reasons retail traders can get anywhere near markets like GER40 or gold at all, but it magnifies losses exactly as readily as it magnifies gains. How it works The margin you put up (red) is a small fraction of the full position size you control (teal outline). ...

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