Leverage

[Jamesh1012]

Hello, I'm new to the IG platform. Does IG provide the ability to use leverage during trades? and how do you use them on a live account.

[Caseynotes]

6 hours ago, Jamesh1012 said:

Hello, I'm new to the IG platform. Does IG provide the ability to use leverage during trades? and how do you use them on a live account.

Hi, leverage on IG is expressed as Margin, most EU regulated asset types have a margin requirement of 5% which is equal to leverage of 20:1.

https://www.ig.com/uk/help-and-support/spread-betting-and-cfds/margin/what-is-margin

[Guest Sebastian Gorzko]

On 12/05/2020 at 20:15, Caseynotes said:

Hi, leverage on IG is expressed as Margin, most EU regulated asset types have a margin requirement of 5% which is equal to leverage of 20:1.

https://www.ig.com/uk/help-and-support/spread-betting-and-cfds/margin/what-is-margin

ok, but how to use the leverage? 

[Caseynotes]

On 07/06/2020 at 04:23, Guest Sebastian Gorzko said:

ok, but how to use the leverage? 

by increasing or decreasing the position size, so if you want to use max margin (leverage) you increase the position size until you have a minimal amount of available margin left, to use the minimum amount decrease the position size down the broker minimum.