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Definition: Margin is the amount of money required in your account to keep your trades on the market. If you are trading at 50:1 leverage and you have an open trade for 10,000USD, the margin required in your account to support that trade is around $200USD. You can figure out this number by dividing your trade size by your leverage amount. So 10,000/50 = 200
Also Known As: leverage
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