Did your broker ever tell you that you can leverage your trade? Here is a quick primer if you aren’t familiar with the term.
レバレッジ (also called buying on margin) means that you can borrow funds to place your trades. たとえば, let’s assume that you have $500 アカウント内. You could borrow $4,500 from your broker to place a $5,000 貿易. This means that your account would be leveraged 10:1.
Leverage can be a great way to increase your return. この場合, you would magnify your return 10 times over. The downside with leverage is that it also magnifies your losses proportionally as well.
Dangers of Overleveraging
You shouldn’t be afraid to buy on the margin for fear of making some bad trades. You will inevitably make some wrong trades with or without being leveraged. The problem is that taking on too much leverage can completely wipe you out. Here are some things that you need to keep in mind.
You May Face Margin Calls
You need to put aside enough money in your account to cover any losses that you incur. The money that you set aside to cover losses is known as the usable margin. Your broker will allow you to keep a trade open until the loss is equal to your usable balance margin.
This is a complex topic, so let me illustrate with an example. You opened an account with $1,000. You decide that you want to buy 10 ミニロット (10,000 単位) of the EUR/USD. You decide to use $500 to place a $100,000 trade by leveraging your account 200:1. This leaves you with a usable margin of $500.
Every pip is worth about $10, which means that even small fluctuations can have a substantial impact on your account. You will get a margin call as soon as it falls 50 pips below the purchase price. You would either need to increase the size of your usable margin or close the trade.
Why Margin Calls are a Concern?
As I stated earlier, your losses are significantly higher when your account is leveraged. Rather than losing $50, you will lose $1,000 if your account is leveraged 200:1. This can obviously cost you a lot of money if you made a bad trade.
しかし, being overleveraged can also cost you if you made the 右 貿易. You may have accurately predicted that the currency would increase by 100 pips in the next 48 時間. しかし, the forex market is often very volatile. The price may drop by 50 pips before rebounding to the strike price. You would face a margin call and close your trade at a $500 loss before you got to realize your profit.
Placing a trade at a 200:1 余白はこの場合間違った決断をされているだろう. 何が起こったとあなたのアカウントを利用する場合 50:1 代わりに? 各 pip はだけの価値があるだろう $2.50. いると $375 価格は下落した場合、利用可能なマージンで 50 ピップ, つまり、あなたのブローカーからマージン コールを受信しません。. 価格はリバウンドする時点で 100 購入価格以上のピップ, 利益を獲得するいると思います $250.
レバレッジ比率が違いをしただろうな $250 利益と $500 損失. 貿易の際念頭に置いてそれを維持することが重要です。.
どのくらいのレバレッジを使用する必要があります。?
誰もミスをする外国為替トレーダー. 時間をかけて投資で良くなるだろう. しかし, 教訓を学ぶ前に、あなたのシャツを失うことはないことを確認する必要があります。. 初め外国為替投資家なら, then you will probably want to use a much more conservative leverage ratio. Some investors recommend using a ratio of 3:1 or having no leverage at all.
Even seasoned traders need to be careful when making trades. Many aggressive traders use leverage ratios under 10:1. More cautious investors may use a leverage ratio of 3:1 以下.
Choosing a leverage ratio is a blend of art and science. Here are some things that you will want to keep in mind:
- The market volatility. Prices can fluctuate much more significantly at some times than others. The average daily movement for the EUR/USD was 185 でピップ 2008, 比較すると 110 でピップ 2013. You can face a margin call much more quickly in a volatile market, so a lower leverage ratio would be smarter.
- Correlation between currency pairs. Prices can vary considerably between different currency pairs. ユーロ/米ドルの最後の年の間の平均の動きだった 110 ピップ, ポンド/円は 189. おそらく 2 番目のペアを取引した場合、低いレバレッジ比率を使用したいだろう.
- 計画の期間. あなたの貿易を実行にかかる時間を考慮する必要があります。. 3 日間開いたままにあなたの貿易を計画します。. それは当時の少なくとも 2 つの「平均的な」損失を発生可能性があります、利用可能なマージンを設定することをお勧めかもしれない. 現在の市場での通貨ペアの平均ピップの運動と思われる場合 150 あなたの利用可能なマージンがカバーできるかどうかを確認したい場合がありますし、ピップ、 300 ピップ ドロップ. さらにもっと保守的な市場はさらにもっと不安定になり始めて場合する場合可能性があります。.
ショーンも爆破のトレーダーのチャンスに影響を与えるある特定の貿易のリスクを示す偉大なビデオを準備.
外国為替マージンを設定している場合に留意すべき要素が多い. これらに留意し、どのくらいのリスクを取ることができますを決定する必要があります。. 成功外為トレーダーは多くの場合の投資を活用します。, 彼らは賢明なそう方法を知っているが、.