About Dynamic Leverage

At Switch Market, we utilize Dynamic leverage* for various financial instruments. This allows our traders to maximize their potential by trading with leverage.

* Dynamic leverage can not be applied to CFDs on Digital currencies, Shares, and Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF)

Financial Instrument
Maximum Leverage
Dollar symbol Fx Majors
1:1000
Dollar symbol Fx Minors
1:500
Metal symbol Metals
1:500
Chart symbol Indices
1:200
Oil symbol Oil
1:100
Bag of money

What is Dynamic Leverage

This is how Switch Markets adapts your leverage to your trading position. This model allows traders to perform at their maximum while maintaining their risk responsibly. Dynamic leverage is applied on an instrument basis, automatically decreasing as volume increases. For example, if you trade 5 lots on EURUSD and 5 lots on GBPUSD, then the leverage for both positions remains 1:1000. But if you trade 10 lots on EURUSD, then the first 5 lots will be calculated with leverage of 1:1000, and the remaining 5 lots with leverage 1:500.

Forex Indices Margin Requirements

Lots
Margin Requirement
Maximum Leverage
0-5
0.1%
1:1000
5-50
0.2%
1:500
50-100
0.5%
1:200
100-200
1%
1:100
200-300
2%
1:50
300-500
5%
1:20
500-1000
10%
1:10
  • Client Account Leverage - 1:1000

    Consider a USD account with 3 lots on USDJPY (either Buy or Sell)

    Lots
    Applicable Margin Requirement
    Margin Calculation
    Required Margin
    3
    0.1%
    3 (Lots) * 100,000 / 1000 (leverage)
    300 USD
    3
    Margin Requirement in Account Currency
    300 USD
  • Client Account Leverage - 1:1000

    Consider a USD account with 150 lots on USDJPY (either Buy or Sell).

    Lots
    Applicable Margin Requirement
    Margin Calculation
    Required Margin
    5
    0.1%
    5 (Lots) * 100,000 / 1000 (leverage)
    500 USD
    45
    0.2%
    45 (Lots) * 100,000 / 500 (leverage)
    9,000 USD
    50
    0.5%
    50 (Lots) * 100,000 / 200 (leverage)
    25,000 USD
    50
    1%
    50 (Lots) * 100,000 / 100 (leverage)
    50,000 USD
    150
    Margin Requirement in Account Currency
    84,500 USD
  • Client Account Leverage - 1:1000

    Consider a USD account with 500 lots on USDJPY (either Buy or Sell).

    Lots
    Applicable Margin Requirement
    Margin Calculation
    Required Margin
    5
    0.1%
    5 (Lots) * 100,000 / 1000 (leverage)
    500 USD
    45
    0.2%
    45 (Lots) * 100,000 / 500 (leverage)
    9,000 USD
    50
    0.5%
    50 (Lots) * 100,000 / 200 (leverage)
    25,000 USD
    100
    1%
    100 (Lots) * 100,000 / 100 (leverage)
    100,000 USD
    100
    2%
    100 (Lots) * 100,000 / 50 (leverage)
    200,000 USD
    200
    5%
    200 (Lots) * 100,000 / 20 (leverage)
    1,000,000 USD
    500
    Margin Requirement in Account Currency
    1,334,500 USD

Note: FX minors have a maximum leverage of 1:500. Therefore, the tier for Forex minors will start at 1:500 for 0-5 lots.

Metals Margin Requirements

Lots
Margin Requirement
Maximum Leverage
0-5
0.2%
1:500
5-20
0.5%
1:200
20-100
1%
1:100
100-200
2%
1:50
200-400
5%
1:20
400-500
10%
1:10
  • Client Account Leverage - 1:1000

    Consider a USD account with 3 lots on GOLD at the price of 1,800.00 (either Buy or Sell).

    Lots
    Applicable Margin Requirement
    Margin Calculation
    Required Margin
    3
    0.2%
    3 (Lots) * 100 oz * 1,800 (Price) / 500 (leverage)
    1,080 USD
    3
    Margin Requirement in Account Currency
    1,080 USD
  • Client Account Leverage - 1:1000

    Consider a USD account with 15 lots on Silver at the price of 25.150 (either Buy or Sell).

    Lots
    Applicable Margin Requirement
    Margin Calculation
    Required Margin
    5
    0.2%
    5 (Lots) * 5,000 oz * 25.150 (Price) / 500 (leverage)
    1,258 USD
    10
    0.5%
    10 (Lots) * 5,000 oz * 25.150 (Price) / 200 (leverage)
    6,288 USD
    15
    Margin Requirement in Account Currency
    7,545 USD
  • Client Account Leverage - 1:1000

    Consider a USD account with 103 lots on GOLD at the price of 1,800.00 (either Buy or Sell).

    Lots
    Applicable Margin Requirement
    Margin Calculation
    Required Margin
    5
    0.2%
    5 (Lots) * 5,000 oz * 25.150 (Price) / 500 (leverage)
    1,800 USD
    15
    0.5%
    15 (Lots) * 100 oz * 1,800 (Price) / 200 (leverage)
    13,500 USD
    80
    1%
    80 (Lots) * 100 oz * 1,800 (Price) / 100 (leverage)
    144,000 USD
    3
    2%
    3 (Lots) * 100 oz * 1800 (Price) / 50 (leverage)
    10,800 USD
    103
    Margin Requirement in Account Currency
    170,100 USD

Cash Indices Margin Requirements

Lots
Margin Requirement
Maximum Leverage
0-200
0.5%
1:200
200-500
1%
1:100
500-1500
2%
1:50
1500-2000
3%
1:33
2000-2500
5%
1:20
2500-3000
10%
1:10
  • Client Account Leverage - 1:1000

    Consider a USD account with 100 lots on US30 at the price of 34,500 (either Buy or Sell).

    Lots
    Applicable Margin Requirement
    Margin Calculation
    Required Margin
    100
    0.5%
    100 (Lots) * 34,500 (Price) / 200 (leverage)
    17,250 USD
    100
    Margin Requirement in Account Currency
    17,250 USD
  • Client Account Leverage - 1:1000

    Consider a USD account with 25 lots on DE30 at the price of 14,000 (either Buy or Sell).

    Lots
    Applicable Margin Requirement
    Margin Calculation
    Required Margin
    25
    0.5%
    25 (Lots) * 14,000 (Price) / 200 (leverage) *1.08(EURUSD)
    1,890 USD
    25
    Margin Requirement in Account Currency
    1,890 USD
  • Client Account Leverage - 1:1000

    Consider a USD account with 1500 lots on US30 at the price of 34,000 (either Buy or Sell).

    Lots
    Applicable Margin Requirement
    Margin Calculation
    Required Margin
    200
    0.50%
    200 (Lots) * 34,000 (Price) / 200 (leverage)
    34,000 USD
    300
    1%
    300 (Lots) * 34,000 (Price) / 100 (leverage)
    102,000 USD
    1000
    2%
    1000 (Lots) * 34,000 (Price) / 50 (leverage)
    680,000 USD
    1500
    Margin Requirement in Account Currency
    816,000 USD

Future Indices Margin Requirements

Lots
Margin Requirement
Maximum Leverage
0-20
0.5%
1:200
20-50
1%
1:100
50-150
2%
1:50
150-200
3%
1:33
200-250
5%
1:20
250-300
10%
1:10
  • Client Account Leverage - 1:1000

    Consider a USD account with 10 lots on US30 at the price of 34,500 (either Buy or Sell).

    Lots
    Applicable Margin Requirement
    Margin Calculation
    Required Margin
    1
    0.5%
    10 (Lots) * 10 * 34,500 (Price) / 200 (leverage)
    17,250 USD
    1
    Margin Requirement in Account Currency
    17,250 USD
  • Client Account Leverage - 1:1000

    Consider a USD account with 1 lots on DE30 at the price of 14,000 (either Buy or Sell).

    Lots
    Applicable Margin Requirement
    Margin Calculation
    Required Margin
    1
    0.5%
    1 (Lot) * 25 * 14,000 (Price) / 200 (leverage) *1.08 (EURUSD)
    1,890 USD
    1
    Margin Requirement in Account Currency
    1,890 USD
  • Client Account Leverage - 1:1000

    Consider a USD account with 150 lots on US30 at the price of 34,000 (either Buy or Sell).

    Lots
    Applicable Margin Requirement
    Margin Calculation
    Required Margin
    20
    0.50%
    20 (Lots) * 10 * 34,000 (Price) / 200 (leverage)
    34,000 USD
    30
    1%
    30 (Lots) * 10 * 34,000 (Price) / 100 (leverage)
    102,000 USD
    100
    2%
    100 (Lots) * 10 *34,000 (Price) / 50 (leverage)
    680,000 USD
    150
    Margin Requirement in Account Currency
    816,000 USD