Forex Leverage?

[Ji tend]

Leverage involves borrowing a certain amount of the money needed to invest in something. In the case of forex, that money is usually borrowed from a broker. Forex trading does offer high leverage in the sense that for an initial margin requirement, a trader can build up and control a huge amount of money. We mostly consider it while choosing a broker. Through checking leverage I have selected Trade12 broker from where I have flexible high leverage like 1:400.

[David Kalus]

AGEA provides flexible leverage facility to their traders. The ability to use forex leverage comes with every account, and it varies in an amount anywhere from 10:1 to 500:1. A 10:1 leverage means that for every $1 in your account, you have $10 to trade. Leverage is both good and bad as you can make exponential profits, but you can also suffer from mounting losses if you are not wise. I am getting high leverage facility from my broker.

[raniya]

Leverage is tools which provided by broker. We can use it to trade with small amount. in FXB, i can use 1:1000 for trading. Harness the trading power up to 1:1000 leverage to boost your trading results. But for trading, I just use 1:500

[Uncle Gober]

Usually for traders who have not too large capital, or traders who lack the ability or experience, using 1: 500 leverage in order to be more focused to manage trading, as well as adaptation process.

[Ray Wilkins]

That’s incorrect Uncle Gober, I believe it’s not necessary that people with low capital use high leverage. It’s down to comfort only, I too use 1.500 leverage and due to broker like OctaFX, I am very much at ease and comfort with these things. I enjoy it ever more with the mighty 50% deposit bonus that’s usable and comes without any restrictions at all, so I am able to keep it all going smoothly and helps me quite well in doing things.

[raniya]

Leverage will help us to trade with small amount. At FXB, you have the ultimate flexibility to boost your trading power with leverage that starts at 1:1 and goes all the way up to a massive 1:1000.

[Uncle Gober]

Determining the leverage itself depends on the trader himself. A beginner trader can not use the same leverage as an experienced trader because of different abilities and experience. It is recommended for beginner traders to use small capital with 1: 500 leverage.

[alwiandesta]

to do the leverage it can not be arbitrary, because this leverage can make you lose. to do leverage there is usually a separate way of each broker. because leverage is usually not more than 1: 500, because if more than that usually will not be given leverage

[Brain]

Leverage is a twofold edged sword as it can in like manner invigorates the demolition of your account if you use it rashly. From intra-day financial specialists leverage is more basic than spread in light of the way that their stop incident is more prominent than scalpers. There is no doubt that high leverage means high risk. For my trading I use 300:1 leverage though my broker FXPM gives up to 500:1 leverage. It also provides very tight spreads.

[Jeff44]

Leverage can be a very useful tool in hands of a professional trader. For beginners, I would, however, not recommend using it.