Exness Margin

To trade the wide range of instruments offered by Exness, a certain amount of margin is required. By understanding Exness’s margin requirements and maintenance margin levels, you can avoid missing out on trading opportunities due to insufficient margin.

The margin requirement refers to the minimum amount of funds required as collateral when executing a certain number of trades. If the margin in your account is insufficient, you will not only be unable to open new positions, but if your margin falls below the required level due to a sudden market surge or drop while you hold a position, that position will be forced to close. Therefore, margin management is extremely important; if you anticipate falling short of the margin requirement, you should make an additional deposit via the Exness Personal Area.

The maintenance margin ratio refers to the percentage of the required margin relative to the account balance, and it serves as the threshold for triggering a stop-out or margin call.To avoid a stop-out (forced liquidation) due to insufficient margin and continue trading, you must maintain a margin maintenance ratio above a certain level; however, Exness’s stop-out level is set at a margin maintenance ratio of 0%. This means that with Exness, you can continue trading until your margin balance reaches 0, allowing you to trade while maximizing the potential of your margin. Please refer to the link below for details on Exness’s stop-out and margin maintenance ratio.

When opening a hedged position with the same instrument and the same lot size on Exness, the required margin is 0 yen. For example, if you open a 5-lot long position and a 5-lot short position in USD/JPY (U.S. Dollar/Japanese Yen) at the same time on Exness, the required margin is 0 yen.If the positions are partially hedged—for example, if you place a 5-lot long position and a 3-lot short position on USD/JPY at the same time—the required margin applies only to the 2 lots that are not part of the hedge.

Exness calculates required margin and margin maintenance levels as follows. Exness also provides a convenient investment calculator, so you can easily calculate the required margin simply by entering the necessary figures.

To calculate the margin requirement with Exness, you need three values: "trade volume," "leverage," and "current exchange rate." You can calculate it using the following formula.

How to Calculate the Required Margin at Exness

For example, if the USD/JPY (U.S. dollar/Japanese yen) exchange rate is 140 yen, and you trade 1 lot (100,000 units) with 2,000x leverage on Exness, the required margin would be "100,000 ÷ 2,000 × 140," which equals 7,000 yen.By applying 2,000x leverage, you can start trading with a small amount of capital. (*)

To calculate the margin maintenance level at Exness, you need the values for "Available Margin" and "Required Margin." Available Margin refers to the margin that takes into account both unrealized losses and unrealized gains, and represents the funds that would remain in your account if all open positions were closed at the current moment. The margin maintenance level at Exness can be calculated using the following formula.

For example, if you have a trading account with Exness with an available margin of 70,000 yen and are holding a position with a required margin of 7,000 yen, your margin maintenance ratio will be 10%. If your margin maintenance ratio drops, a stop-out (forced liquidation) will be triggered; therefore, it is important to adjust your margin and positions so that your margin maintenance ratio always remains above a certain level.

Exness offers a convenient investment calculator. With the Exness investment calculator, you can easily calculate required margin, spread costs, and other details simply by selecting and entering the necessary fields. It is extremely convenient because it eliminates the need for tedious calculations for each position, even if you hold multiple positions across different financial instruments. Here’s how to use the Exness investment calculator:

Go to the Exness investment calculator and select or enter the required information.

The calculation results based on your selections and input will be displayed on the right. In addition to the required margin and spread costs, the system also calculates commissions, swap points (short/long), and pip value, so please use this information as a reference when trading.

No registration or other procedures are required to use the Exness Investment Calculator. It is available to everyone free of charge, so please feel free to use it to calculate the margin, fees, and other costs associated with trading on Exness.

Exness offers a "0% stop-out level" and "stop-out determination based on MID prices," features that are rare in the industry. Please review Exness's margin requirements, stop-out rules, and other margin-related policies.

Exness’s stop-out level is set at a 0% maintenance margin ratio; when the maintenance margin ratio reaches 0%, your open positions will be forced to close.At other international FX brokers, stop-out levels typically range from 20% to 50%. However, with Exness, you can withstand unrealized losses until your account balance is nearly depleted, allowing you to use all your available funds for hedging and maximize the potential of your margin.

In addition, Exness’s margin call level is set at a 30% maintenance margin (60% for Standard and Standard Cent accounts). If you want to trade more aggressively with an account that has a lower margin call level, we recommend opening one of Exness’s Low Spread, Zero, or Pro accounts.

If a stop-out occurs, you risk ending a trade that would have continued to generate profits with a loss. To avoid missing out on such profit opportunities, it is important to constantly monitor your account’s margin and maintain a margin maintenance ratio above a certain level.

Exness uses a "margin call based on mid-price" system, which prevents immediate margin calls (stop-outs) even when your margin balance is zero. This is a unique Exness system designed to prevent forced liquidations: when market volatility causes your margin maintenance ratio to approach 0% and a margin call is about to be triggered, the spread is halved to make forced liquidation less likely.

At Exness, even if your margin balance drops to zero or goes negative, a stop-out is not triggered immediately; instead, trading continues temporarily with a negative balance. This increases your chances of making a profit if the market reverses.

At Exness, to protect your funds, a stop-out is triggered when your maintenance margin ratio falls below 0%. However, in the event of extremely rapid market fluctuations, there may be a delay in executing the stop-out, which could result in significant losses.However, Exness employs a "Zero Cut System" that covers any negative balance and resets your account balance to zero. Therefore, no matter how large your losses may be, you will never be required to pay a margin call (additional margin) at Exness. Please rest assured that your losses are limited to the amount you have deposited, and trading will never result in debt or liabilities.

Please note that with FX brokers that do not use a zero-cut system, if your losses exceed your margin, your account balance cannot be reset to zero unless you deposit funds to cover the negative balance.

While Exness is known for offering high leverage of up to 2,000:1, a "fixed margin requirement" applies to certain CFD instruments and exotic currency pairs. Please review how Exness's fixed margin requirement works and which instruments it applies to.

When trading with Exness, the leverage settings for each account apply only to major and minor FX currency pairs, as well as precious metals CFDs (gold and silver). Fixed margin requirements apply to all other Exness CFD instruments and exotic currency pairs.

A fixed margin requirement means that the required margin is fixed, regardless of the leverage set for the trading account. For example, even if the leverage on an Exness trading account is set to 1,000:1, if you open a new position in an instrument with a 1% margin requirement, the effective leverage will be 100:1.

The instruments subject to fixed margin requirements, margin rates, and effective leverage at Exness are as follows:

Please note that when a fixed margin requirement applies, trades will be executed using a fixed leverage ratio for each instrument, regardless of the maximum leverage set for your Exness account. If you wish to take advantage of Exness’s maximum leverage of 2,000:1, please trade major and minor FX currency pairs or CFDs on precious metals such as gold and silver.

The following is a list of the margin requirements per lot for all instruments offered by Exness.

The following is a list of margin requirements for major currency pairs at Exness. Major currency pairs are subject to leverage of up to 2,000:1, allowing you to trade with a small amount of margin. (*) Please note that margin requirements may vary depending on exchange rates, so please check the latest figures before trading.

The following is a list of margin requirements for minor currency pairs on Exness. Minor currency pairs are subject to leverage of up to 2,000:1, allowing you to trade with minimal margin. (*) Please note that margin requirements vary depending on the exchange rate, so please check the latest figures before trading.

The following is a list of margin requirements for Exness’s exotic currency pairs. Since fixed margin requirements apply to exotic currency pairs, trading is conducted at a fixed leverage specific to each pair, regardless of the leverage set in your account settings. Please note that margin requirements may vary depending on exchange rates, so please check the latest figures before trading.

The following is a list of margin requirements for cryptocurrency CFDs on Exness. Since fixed margin requirements apply to cryptocurrency CFDs, trades will be executed at a fixed leverage of 400x or 200x, regardless of the leverage set in your account settings. Please note that margin requirements may vary depending on the exchange rate, so please check the latest figures before trading.

The margin requirements for Exness precious metals CFDs are as follows. For XPT/USD (platinum/USD) and XPD/USD (palladium/USD) CFDs, fixed margin requirements apply; therefore, regardless of the leverage set in your account, these instruments are traded with a fixed leverage of 100x.For gold and silver, leverage of up to 2,000x applies, allowing you to trade with a small amount of margin. (*) Please note that margin requirements fluctuate depending on the exchange rate, so please check the latest figures before trading.

The following is a list of margin requirements for Exness energy CFDs. Since fixed margin requirements apply to energy CFDs, the leverage remains fixed regardless of the leverage set in your account settings. Please note that margin requirements vary depending on the exchange rate, so please check the latest figures before trading.

The following is a list of margin requirements for Exness stock index CFDs (indices). Since a fixed margin requirement applies to stock index CFDs, trades will be executed at a fixed leverage of 200x or 400x, regardless of the leverage set in your account settings. Please note that margin requirements may vary depending on the exchange rate, so please check the latest figures before trading.

The margin requirements for Exness stock CFDs (U.S. stocks) are listed below. Since a fixed margin requirement applies to stock CFDs, trades are executed with a fixed leverage of 20x, regardless of the leverage set in your account settings. Please note that the contract size for all Exness stock CFDs is 100 shares. Margin requirements vary depending on the exchange rate, so please check the latest figures before trading.