How to calculate margins of precious metals on MT4 and MT5?

How to calculate Precious Metals’ Margins

For Spot Metals(Gold and Silver), high leverage 1:1000 can be applied depending on the leverage setting in your trading account.

You can calculate the required margin for gold and silver as follows:

lots × contract size × market price ÷ leverage

The contract size is

For Futures CFDs(Palladium and Platinum), fixed margin is required per lot.

You can also use XM’s Online calculator for free in the Official Website

Alternatively, you may open a Demo account and trade to see how the margins are calculated.

Professional and novice traders worldwide consider precious metals a safe haven because of their beneficial investment opportunities.

Below are some key points about trading these assets:

Spot trading is similar to forex currency trading, where investors take short or long positions of the metals’ prices.
Precious metals are highly popular as an emerging asset class among traders who wish to take advantage of a notable and well-balanced trading portfolio.
Hedging opportunities for metal assets can create significant potential in every liquid market, with the potential for investors to gain more exposure.

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