What leverage do you all use?
Member Since Mar 16, 2020
54 posts
Oct 16, 2020 at 04:20
currently i'm using 30x leverage because the higher leverage can be a risk.
Member Since Feb 22, 2011
4862 posts
Oct 16, 2020 at 07:53
FXPips11 posted:Reallytogr posted:FXPips11 posted:It does not work that way.
500:1 then take current account balance, divided by 20, so a $500 account would be using .25 per trade.
1. There is an account leverage let say 1:500
2. Which determines how much margin is needed for trade. For your example that would be
0.25 lot is 25 000 units
So for example 25 000 usd. With leverage 1:500 you need 25 000 / 500 = $500 for margin. For 0.25 EURUSD it would be 500 EUR.
3. Your example is description of rule for volume. So you would trade 0.25 on $500 account. That is silly.
You should have a rule for risk which consist of trade volume, SL and TP. So lets say for $500 account you should open 0.01 lot trades with SL and TP equal to 10.0 pips. So as result you get either $1 profit or loss.
my 350% gain in 15 trading days would beg to differ. 158 wins, 15 loses.
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Anyway I dont judge your trading results
but the very basic understanding of meaning of leverage, margin, trade size, etc...
Member Since Feb 22, 2011
4862 posts
Oct 16, 2020 at 07:54
LeviSievwright5 posted:Oh man
The lower the leverage in trading, the better. I suggest using 1:500 leverage.
low leverage is 1:5 not 1:500
So do you approve low leverage or high?
Member Since Jul 20, 2020
298 posts
Nov 08, 2020 at 02:44
togr posted:Sorry for my mistake, I'm thinking 1:50 leverage is the best but it's my typing mistake.LeviSievwright5 posted:Oh man
The lower the leverage in trading, the better. I suggest using 1:500 leverage.
low leverage is 1:5 not 1:500
So do you approve low leverage or high?
Member Since Oct 08, 2020
29 posts
Nov 09, 2020 at 10:01
I believe that leverage is truly called the double-edged sword. I have myself made both profits and losses with it. I have never used leverage more than 1:50. What is the highest leverage you ever used? Did you make profits?
Member Since Oct 12, 2020
38 posts
Nov 12, 2020 at 06:04
I think it is better to keep the leverage low. I usually keep it around 1:50 for particular trade situations.
Member Since Nov 30, 2020
7 posts
Nov 30, 2020 at 14:36
Joao91 posted:
I like to keep it low. Using 1:20 so far with fxview, for me that works well. Also, it depends on what am trading. But I don’t go beyond that level.
fully agree
I prefer to use max 1:50
but if the deposit is too small and I use EA so I can set 1:500
but anyway I recommend to use low lavarage
Member Since Nov 07, 2020
25 posts
Dec 17, 2020 at 11:58
Yep fully agree, at the same time highs and lows can be such relative terms if you think of it. For me anything beyond 10x is high. Fxview is giving me 500:1 and instaforex gave 1000:1, but I never go beyond 10:1.
Member Since Jul 09, 2020
34 posts
Dec 21, 2020 at 12:26
Marshalsam877 posted:Right. Less is more for me.
all brokers these days are throwing leverage at their clients.
Member Since Dec 05, 2020
81 posts
Feb 18, 2021 at 10:28
robindude posted:I see. As they say, better to be safe than sorry, Isn't it ?
I am not a fan of leverage, but they can be useful if you have smaller funds. If that was the case, I would go for 10x, max.
Member Since Jan 29, 2021
5 posts
Mar 30, 2021 at 10:28
I use 1:500 as it suits my trading style
