Alpari Announces Changes to CFD Margin Requirements

International brokerage group Alpari has announced that it will implement changes to its CFD margin requirements on February 5, in an effort to create an easily identifiable set of trading conditions for its traders.

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The brokerage has reorganized its CFD asset offerings into categories, which will be classified as Commodity CFDs, Index CFDs, and a combined category called Commodity and Index CFDs. Each category contains various CFD instruments that will incur varying levels of margin requirements.

It should be noted that the maximum volume for all CFDs will be 25 lots, each with its own attributable amount contained within 1 lot. The value of a position will be calculated based on the number of contracts per lot, multiplied by the size of the position in lots. In other words, if 1 lot contains 100,000 contracts, and a position is opened at 0.50 lots, the nominal value of the trade would be $50,000.

Commodity CFDs

The Commodity CFDs category will include two energy CFD assets, namely WTI and Brent Crude oil. The specified margin requirements will depend on the nominal value of the position. Positions smaller than $30,000 in value will receive a Leverage Leverage In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders Read this Term of 1:33. Positions with a value between $30,000 and $90,000 will carry a leverage of 1:15, and finally any trade with a value greater than $90,000 will be limited to leverage of 1:3.

Index CFDs

The Index CFDs classification will include the following indexes: DAX30, FTSE100, SPX500, IBEX35, and NIKK225. For positions with a nominal value lower than $800,000, the associated leverage will be 1:50. If the value of a trade falls between $800,000 and $2,000,000, the trader will be granted a maximum leverage of 1:25. Similar to the Commodity category, any position that exceeds $2,000,000 in value will be limited to a leverage of 1:3.

Combined Category

The combined Commodity and Index CFDs category will encompass CAC40, ASX200, NQ100 (Nasdaq), STOXX50 (Europe 50), HSI50 (Hong Kong), as well as NG (Natural Gas). Natural gas carries differing quantities of units per lot than WTI and Brent Oil. Since many trading platforms, including Metatrader 4 have asset group settings that require marking trading conditions that include leverage on the overall group of assets, it makes more sense to include natural gas in a separate category than the aforementioned energy commodities.

The Commodity and Index CFDs category will receive a leverage of 1:33 for positions smaller than $230,000 in value. Positions greater than $700,000 can implement a maximum leverage of 1:3. Any positions with a nominal value between the above levels ($230,000 - $700,000), will be granted the option of using a leverage of 1:15.

Another New Product

On another note, Alpari also introduced a new type of option called Express. The brokerage will offer the new product on its new BinaryTrader platform, which was launched on January 26. The original version of the platform was initially released in 2015, but has since undergone various upgrades to accommodate the demands issued by traders over the years. According to Alpari’s statement, the updated version offers technical analysis indicators, charts showing an asset's price history, and a market watch window, similar to the one offered in the MetaTrader 4 Trading Platform Trading Platform In the FX space, a currency trading platform is a software provided by brokers to their respective client base, garnering access as traders in the broader market. Most commonly, this reflects an online interface or mobile app, complete with tools for order processing.Every broker needs one or more trading platforms to accommodate the needs of different clients. Being the backbone of the company’s offering, a trading platform provides clients with quotes, a selection of instruments to trade, real In the FX space, a currency trading platform is a software provided by brokers to their respective client base, garnering access as traders in the broader market. Most commonly, this reflects an online interface or mobile app, complete with tools for order processing.Every broker needs one or more trading platforms to accommodate the needs of different clients. Being the backbone of the company’s offering, a trading platform provides clients with quotes, a selection of instruments to trade, real Read this Term.