Leverage is the ratio of a trader’s own funds (the deposit) to the total trade amount. It allows traders to open positions that are significantly larger than the actual funds available in their account. In simple terms, it is a facility provided to increase potential trading volume.
The company provides traders with the opportunity to carry out trading operations using leverage of up to 1:1000 on MT4 accounts and up to 1:2000 on MT5 accounts (across both Standard and Raw Spread account types).
This means that the total notional value of all open positions at one time can exceed the current balance of funds in the trader's trading account by a maximum of 1,000 or 2,000 times, depending on the platform. The size of the leverage depends on the type of trading account, the trading instrument, and the total position size in USD.
Leverage in MT4
The leverage size in MT4 depends on the total position size in USD and applies to both Standard and Raw Spread accounts.
FX Major Currency Pairs
Total Position Size in USD | Leverage* |
Less than 1 million | 1000 |
1 million to 5 million | 500 |
5 million to 10 million | 200 |
10 million to 20 million | 100 |
More than 20 million | 5 |
FX RU and FX S. America Currency Pairs
Total Position Size in USD | Leverage* |
Any volume | 40 |
Other Currency Pairs
Total Position Size in USD | Leverage* |
Less than 5 million | 200 |
5 million to 10 million | 100 |
10 million to 20 million | 20¹ |
More than 20 million | 5 |
¹Account Type Exception: On Standard MT4 accounts, maximum leverage drops directly to 1:5 for position sizes over 10 million USD (skipping the 1:20 tier available on Raw Spread MT4 accounts).
Gold
Total Position Size in USD | Leverage* |
Less than 3 million | 500 |
3 million to 10 million | 200 |
10 million to 20 million | 100 |
20 million to 35 million | 20 |
More than 35 million | 5 |
Silver
Total Position Size in USD | Leverage* |
Less than 1 million | 500 |
1 million to 5 million | 100 |
5 million to 10 million | 20 |
More than 10 million | 5 |
CFDs on Indices (ES, FDAX, YM, NQ, Z, etc.)
Total Position Size in USD | Leverage* |
Less than 0.5 million | 500 |
0.5 million to 1 million | 300 |
1 million to 2 million | 100 |
2 million to 5 million | 50 |
5 million to 10 million | 20 |
More than 10 million | 10 |
CFDs on Other Indices
Total Position Size in USD | Leverage* |
Less than 0.3 million | 200 |
0.3 million to 1 million | 100 |
1 million to 1.5 million | 50 |
1.5 million to 5 million | 25 |
More than 5 million | 10 |
CFDs on Energy
Total Position Size in USD | Leverage* |
Less than 500K | 100 |
500K to 1 million | 50 |
1 million to 2 million | 25 |
More than 2 million | 10 |
CFDs on Metals (except Gold and Silver)
Total Position Size in USD | Leverage* |
Less than 500K | 50 |
500K to 2 million | 25 |
2 million to 5 million | 12.5 |
More than 5 million | 10 |
Major Stocks (AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, META, MSFT, TSLA)
Total Position Size in USD | Leverage* |
Less than 100K | 10 |
More than 100K | 5 |
All Other Stocks (except those listed above)
Total Position Size in USD | Leverage* |
Any volume | 5 |
Major Cryptocurrencies (BTCUSD, ETHUSD)
Total Position Size in USD | Leverage* |
Less than 50K | 200 |
50K to 500K | 100 |
500K to 1 million | 50 |
1 million to 5 million | 20 |
5 million to 10 million | 10 |
More than 10 million | 1 |
Other Cryptocurrencies (except those listed above)
Total Position Size in USD | Leverage* |
Less than 5K | 75 |
5K to 10K | 50 |
10K to 500K | 20 |
500K to 1 million | 10 |
More than 1 million | 1 |
*Every Friday, 1 hour before the close of the trading session, maximum leverage for all open and newly opened positions on MT4 is reduced by one or more levels to manage weekend market gap risks.
Leverage in MT5
Effective 1 October 2026, a new exposure-based leverage structure applies to MT5 accounts, offering maximum leverage of up to 1:2000 under normal trading conditions.
Applicable leverage scales automatically based on your total nominal exposure in USD. Higher Margin Requirements (HMR) may apply to newly opened positions during periods of increased market risk, such as major news releases, market opens/closes, weekends, and public holidays.
FX Major Currency Pairs
Total Position Size in USD | Normal Trading Leverage | HMR Period Leverage |
Less than 1 million | 2000 | 200 |
1 million to 5 million | 1000 | 100 |
5 million to 10 million | 500 | 50 |
10 million to 20 million | 100 | 25 |
More than 20 million | 20 | 5 |
FX Crosses
Total Position Size in USD | Normal Trading Leverage | HMR Period Leverage |
Less than 1 million | 1000 | 200 |
1 million to 5 million | 200 | 100 |
5 million to 10 million | 100 | 50 |
10 million to 20 million | 25 | 25 |
More than 20 million | 5 | 5 |
FX Exotics
Total Position Size in USD | Normal Trading Leverage | HMR Period Leverage |
Less than 500K | 500 | 100 |
500K to 1 million | 200 | 100 |
1 million to 10 million | 100 | 50 |
10 million to 20 million | 50 | 25 |
More than 20 million | 20 | 5 |
Gold
Total Position Size in USD | Normal Trading Leverage | HMR Period Leverage |
Less than 1 million | 2000 | 200 |
1 million to 5 million | 1000 | 100 |
5 million to 10 million | 500 | 50 |
10 million to 20 million | 100 | 25 |
20 million to 35 million | 50 | 10 |
More than 35 million | 10 | 5 |
Silver & Spot Metals
Total Position Size in USD | Normal Trading Leverage | HMR Period Leverage |
Less than 1 million | 1000 | 200 |
1 million to 2 million | 500 | 100 |
2 million to 5 million | 100 | 50 |
5 million to 10 million | 50 | 25 |
More than 10 million | 20 | 5 |
CFDs on Energy
Total Position Size in USD | Normal Trading Leverage | HMR Period Leverage |
Less than 100K | 500 | 100 |
100K to 500K | 200 | 50 |
500K to 1 million | 100 | 25 |
1 million to 2 million | 25 | 25 |
More than 2 million | 10 | 10 |
CFDs on Major Indices (ES, NQ, YM, FDAX, VIX, etc.)
Total Position Size in USD | Normal Trading Leverage | HMR Period Leverage |
Less than 500K | 500 | 200 |
500K to 1 million | 300 | 100 |
1 million to 2 million | 100 | 50 |
2 million to 5 million | 50 | 20 |
5 million to 10 million | 20 | 10 |
More than 10 million | 10 | 10 |
CFDs on Secondary Indices (HSI, NIY, USDX, FCE, FTI, XU, etc.)
Total Position Size in USD | Normal Trading Leverage | HMR Period Leverage |
Less than 500K | 300 | 100 |
500K to 1 million | 100 | 50 |
1 million to 1.5 million | 50 | 25 |
1.5 million to 5 million | 25 | 10 |
More than 5 million | 10 | 10 |
Major Cryptocurrencies (BTCUSD, ETHUSD, SOLUSD, XRPUSD, BNBUSD)
Total Position Size in USD | Normal Trading Leverage | HMR Period Leverage |
Less than 50K | 500 | 200 |
50K to 500K | 200 | 100 |
500K to 1 million | 100 | 50 |
1 million to 5 million | 50 | 20 |
5 million to 10 million | 10 | 10 |
More than 10 million | 1 | 1 |
Other Cryptocurrencies
Total Position Size in USD | Normal Trading Leverage | HMR Period Leverage |
Less than 50K | 100 | 100 |
50K to 100K | 50 | 50 |
100K to 500K | 20 | 20 |
500K to 1 million | 10 | 10 |
More than 1 million | 1 | 1 |
Major Stocks (AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, META, MSFT, TSLA)
Total Position Size in USD | Normal Trading Leverage | HMR Period Leverage |
Less than 100K | 10 | 5 |
More than 100K | 5 | 5 |
All Other Stocks
Total Position Size in USD | Normal Trading Leverage | HMR Period Leverage |
Less than 100K | 10 | 5 |
More than 100K | 5 | 5 |
ETFs (SPY, AGG, EWG, etc.)
Total Position Size in USD | Normal Trading Leverage | HMR Period Leverage |
Less than 50K | 20 | 10 |
50K to 100K | 10 | 10 |
More than 100K | 5 | 5 |
Agriculture Commodities (CORN, WHEAT, COFFEE, etc.)
Total Position Size in USD | Normal Trading Leverage | HMR Period Leverage |
Any volume | 50 | 50 |
Example of margin calculation considering floating leverage on an MT4-Standard account
Let us consider a hypothetical example with floating leverage:
Open position 1: Buy 8 lots of EURUSD at the price of 1.10510 (position 1).
The nominal value is equal to:
8 * 100,000 * 1.10510 = 884,080 USD
Since the nominal value of 884,080 USD does not exceed 1,000,000 USD, the margin requirements (collateral) are calculated with leverage of 1:1000, i.e., the margin is:
884,080 ÷ 1000 = 884.08 USD
Open position 2: Buy 40 lots of EURUSD at a price of 1.08310.
The nominal value is equal to:
40 * 100,000 * 1.08310 = 4,332,400 USD
Total nominal value for positions 1 and 2:
884,080 (Pos. 1) + 4,332,400 (Pos. 2) = 5,216,480 USD
Now the total notional value of the two open positions exceeds 5,000,000 USD and the total margin is calculated differently:
Leverage for the first 1,000,000 USD is 1:1000,
Leverage for the next 4,000,000 USD is 1:500,
The remaining part has leverage of 1:200.
So the margin will be equal to:
1,000,000 ÷ 1000 + 4,000,000 ÷ 500 + 216,480 ÷ 200 = 1000 + 8000 + 1082.4 = 10,082.4 USD