[Margin with stop loss]

Thanks for that Caseynotes, that clears it up for me.

[Margin with stop loss]

When using a stop loss the margin should generally be reduced, but the margin shown on the platform stays the same as when there is no stop loss in place.

For example, if placing a spread bet on the FTSE 250 at price of 17000, for £1 per pip movement the margin is £1 x 17000 x 10% = £1700

If adding a stop loss at 100 points away (so 16900), with slippage factor of 20% the margin should be (1 x 17000 x 10% x 20%) + (1 x 100) = £340 + £100 = £440. But when I add the stop loss the margin stays at £1700.

Can anybody shed some light on this?

Thanks

Angus

[Margin Requirements]

Hi Greg88, currently the margin factor for AUDUSD is 5% of notional value. If I bet £1 per pip movement with the current price at 6892.5 (for example) then the margin will be 1 x 6892.5 x 0.05 = £344.63.

Note that the price is quoted differently to the actual exchange rate. The margin factor you can find by clicking the (i) in the top right when viewing a stock in the trading platform.

Hope that helps

Angus