Maximum leverage is the highest leverage setting that may be available to an account. The leverage that applies to a specific position can be lower because of the instrument, account equity, total exposure, legal entity, platform or a temporary product rule.
Higher leverage increases both potential gains and potential losses and can cause margin requirements to change more sharply.
Where can I check my account leverage?
The button names quoted below refer to the English interface. Use the corresponding controls displayed in your selected interface language.
Sign in to the FXTRADING.com Client Portal.
Open "Accounts" in the main menu.
Open the actions menu for the intended trading account and select Account Details.
Review the leverage currently displayed for that account (Current leverage / Maximum leverage).
For an instrument-specific requirement, connect to the correct account and server in MT4 or MT5, open Market Watch, open the instrument's Specification, and review the current margin information.
How do I request a different maximum leverage?
The button names quoted below refer to the English interface. Use the corresponding controls displayed in your selected interface language.
In the Client Portal, locate the relevant trading account.
Open the account actions menu.
Select Update Leverage from that account’s actions menu.
Choose from the ratios currently offered for the account.
Review and confirm the change.
If a ratio is not offered, it is not currently available through that account flow. Open positions, account status or another restriction may affect whether a leverage change can be completed.
Maximum leverage and effective leverage
Maximum leverage is the upper setting available to the account. Effective leverage is the leverage that applies after current product, equity, exposure and risk rules are considered.
For example, an account may have a higher maximum setting while a lower leverage applies to a particular instrument or during a specified trading window.
What can reduce the leverage available?
The instrument or asset class
The account type and legal entity
Account equity thresholds
Total position size or exposure
Platform or product restrictions
Specified low-liquidity or pre-close trading windows
A restriction displayed for the account
Use the most specific rule that applies to the account and instrument. When two displayed values differ, the lower applicable leverage determines the margin requirement.
Separate temporary leverage policy from 1 September 2026
The temporary leverage policy takes effect on 1 September 2026 at 00:00 (GMT+3). Temporary limits are separate from normal dynamic leverage and the existing pre-close policy.
It covers all four types of trading accounts on MT4 and MT5, as well as Social Trading Signal accounts and Funds Management accounts. Accounts under the ASIC entity are excluded from this policy.
For designated news, the standard window is 15 minutes before to 15 minutes after release: new XAUUSD/XAUEUR positions have a maximum of 1:200; XAGUSD remains at 1:100. Normal Gold and Silver product maximums remain 1:500 and 1:100 respectively.
The restriction applies to new positions opened within its window. Closing one side of a hedge can also create uncovered volume requiring margin under the rules applicable at that time. Existing positions are not repriced solely because the news window starts. However, closing one side of a hedge leaves uncovered volume whose margin is calculated under the rules applicable then; the remaining position is not a new position. Lower applicable limits still prevail. Normal dynamic leverage and the separate pre-close rules remain distinct.
Subject to applicable law and account terms, FXTRADING.com may make temporary changes at any time its Trading Team considers necessary. Check the latest applicable official notice and current conditions; do not infer an active restriction or automatic restoration from an account's displayed maximum.
After a leverage change
Review the updated account and instrument information before placing another order. Reconnect to MT4 or MT5 if necessary so the platform can display the current margin parameters.
A leverage setting is a technical account parameter, not a recommendation about position size or trading risk.
What happens to margin when I close one side of a hedge?
Closing one side of a full hedge leaves the other side uncovered. For example, after closing the sell side of a 1-lot buy and 1-lot sell in the same instrument, the remaining 1-lot buy requires margin immediately under the leverage and margin rules applicable at that time. This is margin on the position left open, not a newly opened position. A partial closure can also leave some volume uncovered.
The same principle applies during a designated news window, from 15 minutes before to 15 minutes after release. If you close one side then, the remaining uncovered volume uses the margin and leverage applicable then. A lower leverage limit can require more margin. The temporary policy's account and entity exclusions, affected products and lower limits still apply; this does not place every product at 1:200.
An increase in used margin can reduce free margin and margin level even though you closed a position. If the account reaches its applicable stop-out level, positions may be closed automatically. A reduction in free margin alone does not establish that stop-out must occur. Zero hedged margin does not remove spreads, swaps, commissions, price-gap or stop-out risk. Review the remaining exposure and applicable conditions before submitting a closure; after execution, check the account's displayed margin figures.