Margin requirements

[Guest Jinx]

Can anybody point me in the right direction to understand margin requirements, for instance why is the margin requirement so high on Amazon shares?

[Caseynotes]

This is a new page on margin and how margin is applied to spread betting and cfd accounts with links to how they are calculated for the shares, fx, indices, commodities and the cryptocurrency markets.

https://www.ig.com/uk/spread-betting-cfds-margin

The important point of course is that this has all been caused by the new EU regulations introduced early this year.

[Guest PandaFace]

It’s a percentage of the notional value and because amazon is such an expensive stock you’re going to have a large deposit requirement. However volatility and daily movement will also be a percentage but generally larger price movement so it evens out. 

Go to IG.com and search ‘margin’. On mobile so can’t help right now but someone else maybe able to send a link. If you get it add it here so I can check to see if it’s the one I mean 

[Kodiak]

If long and short the same time (perfectly hedged) 

With IG you need double margin? why?

and with FXCM only for one position

I suppose it have something to do with ESMA but why? they are both under the same rules

and i am not a pro