Let's see a scenario where you bought £5 rather than sold, if the DAX subsequently moves up to a level of 9613.5/9614.5 and you decide that this would be a good point for me to exit the trade, you would work out the profit on your trade ...

As a form of trading involving leverage, instead of having to put down the cost of the trade in its entirety (at 9611.5 x 5 that would cost £48,057.50, the same as my nominal risk) You only need to put in a small percentage of the ov...

Margin is the amount of money required to open or maintain a position. This is not a fee or a transaction cost, it is simply a portion of your account equity set aside and allocated as a margin deposit. Margin requirements can vary de...

FBS offers its clients the ability to trade popular commodities such as Gold, Silver, Platinum, Oil and Natural gas. Oil trading example Oil is trading at 44.957 with a margin rate of 3% You decide to sell a 0.5 lots of USO/USD ...

FBS offers its clients the ability to trade popular commodities such as Gold, Silver, Platinum, Oil and Natural gas. Benefit from trading commodities with no expiry date, spreads from 0.5 and leverage of 1:200. Gold trading exampl...

Trading indices gives you an exposure to a group of listed companies within the same exchange. Investors can trade indices for the same intentions as they would with shares but with the additional benefit of a diverse portfolio. FBS g...

You can calculate the required margin by dividing the size of your position by 200 (which is the default leverage) or multiply by the percentage margin 0.5%. Then transform the amount in US dollars based on current market exchange rat...

In the event of a distribution of cash dividends in relation to a share CFD, a dividend adjustment will be made to the Client’s Balance with respect the underlying share’s positions held by the Client at the end of business day which pre...

Margin Utilization shows the percentage of equity that is being used in the currently open positions of the account. 100% Margin Utilization indicates maximum leverage usage in the account. Margin Utilization % = (Used Margin/Equit...

Margin Available shows the amount of equity in an account that is not currently being used and is available for further increase of net exposure. In the case where Margin Available is zero, this indicates maximum leverage usage in the...