Margin rates
Our tiered margining system means we can offer rates that remain competitive while reflecting the size of your position and associated liquidity of the market.
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What is margin?
CFDs are leveraged products, meaning you don’t have to pay the full value of your exposure to deal. Instead, you only need to put up a fraction of your trade’s total value to open your position. This opening amount is called initial margin – it is also sometimes referred to as deposit margin.
Our margin rates
At IG, we offer tiered margining, applying different margin requirements at different levels of exposure. Smaller deal sizes generally benefit from better market liquidity, so these positions attract our lowest margin rates. Our tiers start at one, with the minimum margin rates, and go up to four, with the maximum margin rates.
You can see a summary of tier one margins for some of our most popular markets below. For all tier one margins, you can reduce your margin requirement by using stops. Adding a stop reduces your exposure by limiting your potential losses.
- Indices
- Forex
- Commodities
- Shares
- Cryptos
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| Stock index | Retail | Leverage equivalent |
| FTSE 100 | 5% | 1:20 |
| Wall Street | 5% | 1:20 |
| Germany 40 | 5% | 1:20 |
| US 500 | 5% | 1:20 |
| US Tech 100 | 5% | 1:20 |
CFDs |
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| Commodities | Retail | Leverage equivalent |
| Spot Gold | 20% | 1:5 |
| Spot Silver (5000oz) | 20% | 1:5 |
| High Grade Copper | 20% | 1:5 |
| Oil - US Crude | 20% | 1:5 |
| Oil - Brent Crude | 20% | 1:5 |
CFDs |
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| Shares | Retail | Leverage equivalent |
| Apple | 10% | 1:10 |
| Barclays PLC | 10% | 1:10 |
| BHP Group PLC (LSE) | 10% | 1:10 |
| GlaxoSmithKline PLC | 10% | 1:10 |
| Vodafone Group PLC | 10% | 1:10 |
CFDs |
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| Cryptocurrencies | Retail | Leverage equivalent |
| Bitcoin (USD) | 50% | 1:2 |
| Ether (USD) | 50% | 1:2 |
| XRPUSD | 50% | 1:2 |
| Bitcoin Cash (USD) | 50% | 1:2 |
| Litecoin (USD) | 50% | 1:2 |
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Maintenance margin
Maintenance margin, also known as variation margin, is extra money that we might need to request if the market moves against you. It ensures that you have enough money in your account to fund the present value of the position – covering any running losses.
Maintenance margin is charged via a margin call, which is a status applied to your account when it has fallen below the minimum margin required to keep a position open. We will notify you of this by email.
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