What is Forex?
The foreign exchange is the largest market in the world in terms of trading volume, with an average of more than
$5 trillion currencies traded daily. The Forex market allows investors to trade currency pairs 24 hours a day, 5 days a week and to manage market exposure with the use of leverage.
ActivTrades provides retail and professional clients with access to forex trading across a wide range of currency symbols.
Forex Major pairs Contract Specifications
Forex Minor pairs Contract Specifications
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Important
- Refer to the Rollover Policy for more details regarding the Swap values calculation methodology.
- Server Times: Winter: GMT+2 and Summer: GMT+3 (DST) (last Sunday of March and ends last Sunday of October).
- During the time period from 23:55 to 00:05 server time increased spreads and decreased liquidity can take place due to daily bank rollover. In case of inadequate liquidity/spreads during bank rollover, widened spreads and excessive slippage may occur. Therefore orders may not be executed during these times.
Calculating Forex Margin Requirements - Example
Account base currency: USD
Position: Open 10 lots BUY EURUSD at 1.21745
1 Lot size: 100,000 units
Leverage limit: 1:30
Notional value is: 10 * 100,000 * 1.21745 = 1,217,450 USD
Margin required is: 1,217,450 USD / 30 = 40,581.67 USD