CFD Margin / Leverage Trading Rates | Saxo Markets

The margin requirement for trading for most Forex CFDs start from *0.5% CFDs. Please refer to the below table for full details:

* * The available leverage and margin requirement indicated with * applies to the first EUR 50,000 (or equivalent) of your combined collateral. The required margin requirement on collateral over EUR 50,000 the required margin will double the rate indicated in the above table.

With the reduced margin requirement from 0.5% for the first Eur 50,000 of collateral (or equivalent) which amounts to leverage of 200:1.  Please note that for collateral above Eur 50,000 the margin requirement will double.

Exposure cap

For clients trading with 200:1 leverage on CFDs Index Trackers below exposure caps apply.

Should you find the above exposure limits too restrictive, an alternative margin profile can be discussed. Please contact your Account Manager for further details.

Special margin for US2000 Index Tracker

The US2000 gives you exposure to 2,000 small cap US stocks.

The leverage for Commodities CFDs begins at 100:1 which corresponds to a margin requirement of only 1%. See the table below for full details.

*This leverage is available for the first EUR 50,000 of collateral (or equivalent). For collateral above this the required margin doubles.

The leverage available for Forex CFDs is 200:1 equal to just 0.5% in margin. This is a lot lower than the more than 3% currently required to open a similar Futures position.

*This leverage is available for the first EUR 50,000 of collateral (or equivalent). For collateral above this the required margin doubles.

See under 'Single Stock CFDs'.

The leverage available for Bond CFDs is up to 200:1, equal to just 0.5% in margin. This is much lower than what is required when trading the regular Futures Contract. See full detail in the table below.

*This leverage is available for the first EUR 50,000 of collateral (or equivalent). For collateral above this the required margin doubles.

CFDs are traded on margin. This means that you are able to leverage your investment by opening positions of larger size than the funds you have to place as margin collateral.

The margin is the amount reserved on your trading account to cover any potential losses from an open CFDs position. It is possible that a loss may exceed the required margin.

Margin requirements vary from instrument to instrument and can be changed at any time to reflect market conditions. For larger re-ratings or changing of margin requirements for very popular instruments clients will be notified in advance where possible.

Margin requirements by CFDs type and instrument are always listed under the CFDs Trading Conditions on the trading platforms but can also be seen below.

Please note that Saxo Capital Markets reserves the right to increase margin requirements for large position sizes, including client portfolios considered to be of very high risk.

We have sorted our more than 8,000 online tradable CFDs in 8 different margin groups. Which margin group a CFDs falls into depends on the market capitalisation, liquidity and volatility of the underlying asset.

The rating system for Stock Index Trackers and Single Stocks CFDs are listed below The margin requirement for trading Index Tracking and Stock CFDs start from *0.5%. Please refer to the below table for full details:

* The available leverage and margin requirement indicated with * applies to the first EUR 50,000 (or equivalent) of your combined collateral. The required margin requirement on collateral over EUR 50,000 the required margin will double the rate indicated in the above table.