Leverage. 5.1. Leverage obtainable in CFDs trading means that a small deposit or down payment can lead to large losses as well as gains. It also means that a relatively small movement in the markets can result to a proportionately larger movement in the value of your investment and this can work against you as well as for you. CFD Transactions have an inherent risk and you should be aware of what the implications of this are.
5.2. Leverage restrictions may apply on certain products or jurisdictions as it is imposed by the relevant industry practices or regulatory requirements accordingly. In addition, it should be noted that the Company will continuously monitor the Leverage applied to Clients’ positions and reserves the right to amend the Account’s Leverage depending on the Clients’ trade volume and trading patterns.
5.3. The Client thus accepts, acknowledges and understands that the automatic reduction of Leverage in her Account could result in the Account Equity falling below the updated Margin requirements, which could result in a Margin Call or Stop Out. The Client is therefore strongly advised to maintain appropriate amount of Margin in his Account(s) at all times in the event of an automatic reduction of the Account’s Leverage.
5.4. The Company may also add to or change its Leverage Limitations at any time without prior notice to be given to Clients.
Leverage. 3.1 The Company has the right to change the Client Account leverage (higher or lower) without prior notice according to the conditions described on the Website of the Company at xxx.xxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxxx.
3.2 An automatic change in Leverage pursuant to the rules established by the Company, as well as a change in Leverage made by the Client through his/her Personal Area will result in a recalculation of the Margin requirements for all of the Client's positions.
3.3 The Company has the right:
A. To set the leverage on the Client’s trading account at no more than 1:200, 3 (three) hours before market closing before weekends and holidays, if the trading account's current leverage exceeds 1:200. This change will affect the transactions to be opened within the aforementioned time period of 3 (three) hours.
B. To limit the size of the offered leverage and/or to increase the size of Margin requirements before macroeconomic events and/or news capable of significantly affecting the prices of financial instruments.
3.4 The information about leverage changing is in the Personal Area. If the information on the Website contradicts information in the Personal Area, the priority is information in the Personal Area.
Leverage. Borrower will not permit the ratio of its total liabilities to its net worth to exceed, at any time, the ratio set forth in Section 8(g) of Schedule A.
Leverage. The Guarantor will not permit at any time the ratio of (x) Consolidated Total Debt at such time to (y) Consolidated EBITDA for the then most recently concluded period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Guarantor to exceed 3.50 to 1.00.
Leverage. 23.1. By entering into this Agreement, you acknowledge, agree and accept that you understand the concepts of Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxx.
23.2. Trading on leveraged capital means that you can make trades with values that are significantly higher than the funds you actually invest, which only serve as the Margin. High Leverage can significantly increase the potential return, but equally it can also significantly increase potential losses. The leverage is specified as a ratio, such as 1:50, 1:200, 1:300 or such other ratio that we may introduce from time to time.
23.3. You can select and use the selected Leverage ratio for any specific CFD class or individual CFD on an ongoing basis and nothing in this Agreement should be construed as Safecap recommending any specific leverage level for you. The leverage limits for Retail Clients are subject to:
23.3.1. The individual Leverage levels we set from time to time at our entire discretion based on our Leverage and Margin Policy.
23.3.2. Notwithstanding the fact that you may be allowed to change the Leverage, when and as permitted hereunder, you understand and agree that the Leverage levels applicable to your existing open Positions cannot be changed by you and shall not be affected by any changes in the Leverage levels that may be introduced by us, provided that such changes are not imposed by any Applicable Laws and Regulations. This means that only the positions you open after the Leverage level changes are introduced, shall be affected by the same.
23.3.3. Our classification of you as either an Experienced Retail Client or a Less Experienced Retail Client based on our initial assessment of your knowledge and experience in trading in complex financial instruments such as CFDs and whether such are appropriate to you as provided in Clause 6 hereinabove.
23.3.4. The default maximum leverage level of 1:30 or any other limits set by other relevant regulators as appropriate, and is also subject to the terms of our Leverage and
23.3.5. We reserve the right to apply leverage ratios to a particular asset class or part thereof (e.g. the Commodities asset class) and not to individual financial instruments within such asset class.
23.3.6. We operate a tiered margin model which means that upon meeting certain thresholds of volume/lot size, the leverage for the tier will decrease and therefore, the margin required for the position will increase accordingly. For more information, please refer to our Leverage and Margin Policy.
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Leverage. 7.1. The Company offers by default, leverage of 1:30 to the Major Currencies and the maximum allowable leverage levels for the rest of the instruments offered, as those are set by the applicable regulations or any other level as those may be amended from time to time and are made available to you on the Company’s trading platform and website. For more information on the leverage offered in all instruments offered by the Company please refer to our website.
7.2. Using leverage increases the loss potentials. For example, for a trading position with leverage 1:30, a favourable/adverse market movement of 0.5% will result in a 15% increase or loss respectively.
7.3. Higher leverage entails higher risks of loss. For example, for a trading position with leverage 1:50, an adverse market movement of 0.5% will result in a 25% loss while for the same trading position using leverage 1:100 the same adverse market movement of 0.5% will result in a 50% loss.
Leverage. By entering into this Agreement, Clients acknowledge, agree and accept that they understand the concepts of Leverage.
6.1. Trading on leveraged capital means the Client can make trades with values that are significantly higher than the funds they actually invest, which only serve as the Clients Margin. High Leverage can significantly increase the potential return, but equally it can also significantly increase potential losses. The leverage is specified as a ratio such as 1:100, 1:200, 1:300, 1:400 and 1:500 or such other ratio that the Company may introduce from time to time based on applicable Laws and Regulations.
6.2. Clients from various regions or countries might be subjected to lower leverage allowance as instructed by their local regulatory authorities
6.3. The Company reserves the right to apply leverage ratios to a particular asset class or part thereof (e.g. the Commodities asset class) and not to individual financial instruments within such asset class.
6.4. Notwithstanding the provisions set out above, the Company may restrict the default and/or any selected Leverage ratios at any time and without notice if the Company considers this to be in the Clients best interest or this is required by applicable Laws and Regulations or the Company at its entire discretion, considers it necessary having regard to prevailing or expected market conditions and volatility.
6.5. Whilst the Company will endeavor to give Clients reasonable notice of such action, the Clients acknowledge and agree that especially at times of increased actual or expected market volatility caused by either foreseen or unforeseen political and economic events, the Company may proceed to such changes whilst notifying its Clients of these only at the same time.
Leverage. 10.1. Leverage is the ratio in respect of transaction size and initial margin i.e. 1:100 ratio means that in order to open a position, the initial margin is one hundred times less than the transactions size.
10.2. The leverage policy of the Company is taking into account many factors that affect the leverage that the Company can provide to its retail Clients and is constructed as follows:
10.3. The maximum default leverage for all Clients is set to 1:100 (default). However, the Company gives to the Clients the option, if they choose to change the default to a higher leverage. This is enabled only via a client directed basis.
10.4. If a Client does not pass the appropriateness test of the Company (i.e. if not enough experienced in the CFDs trading), the default leverage will come into effect, and no option of changing the leverage can be applied in the next six months. However, it is in the Company’s discretion, upon the client’s request via email or any other means, to change the leverage of a Client that did not pass the appropriateness test, provided that the client is actively trading during the last three months and conducted at least 50 trades during this period, confirmed that he understood the risks involved in trading margin products and that he/she obtained the relevant experience needed to trade in this market.
10.5. The Company shall ensure that the maximum loss for its Clients at any point in time never exceeds the clients’ available funds (negative balance protection), regardless of the level of the leverage provided.
10.6. The maximum leverage provided to the Company’s retail clients, depends on the asset class, including, but not limited to, liquidity and trading volumes, volatility and standard deviation, market cap, hedging capabilities, and the general economic climate and geopolitical events. All existing instruments that the Company makes available for trading to its retail clients are very liquid and the maximum leverages provided on these instruments are based among others on the recommendations and availability of our Liquidity Providers that we cooperate with.
10.7. In addition, internal risk management controls and assessments based on the capital base of the Company are considered of how much will be the maximum
a) Maximum leverage for forex pairs is … 1: 100
b) Maximum leverage for metals is … 1:100
c) Maximum leverage for indices is … 1:100
d) The minimum leverage for all the above financial instruments is set to 1:1
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