Breaking: Alpari Could Change Trading Conditions for Euro Pairs

Alpari has just issued an announcement that the company’s clients may have to face some changes in trading conditions on their EUR/USD and EUR/JPY trades in relation to prospective market turbulence next week. The changes are related to the danger of Greece defaulting on its obligations to the IMF which are due on the 30th of June.

The company is only highlighting the prospects for the precautionary measures to take place if the situation on the market deteriorates and we see additional Volatility Volatility In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, or stocks, over a given time period. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. Volatility is an important statistical indicator used by financial traders to assist them in developing trading systems. Trad In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, or stocks, over a given time period. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. Volatility is an important statistical indicator used by financial traders to assist them in developing trading systems. Trad Read this Term. The changes could be enforced starting from next Monday. The warning concerns the total size of opened positions and the total volume of open positions.

Current Margin Requirements Margin Requirements A margin requirement is defined as the minimum equity sum that investors must keep in their margin account preceding a trading transaction. Margin requirements may be referred to as maintenance margin, minimum maintenance, or maintenance requirement. This is a requirement for broker trading in any asset class.In terms of equities, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) have a fixed margin requirement of 25% of the sum value of the securities presen A margin requirement is defined as the minimum equity sum that investors must keep in their margin account preceding a trading transaction. Margin requirements may be referred to as maintenance margin, minimum maintenance, or maintenance requirement. This is a requirement for broker trading in any asset class.In terms of equities, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) have a fixed margin requirement of 25% of the sum value of the securities presen Read this Term at Alpari are quite lax by industry standards - depending on the size of the trade traders are getting from 1:25 (for positions above $10 million) to 1:1000 (for positions up to $1.5 million). Traders are advised by the brokerage to make adjustments to the size of their open positions and tweak their expert advisors accordingly.

Alpari warns its clients that should market conditions deteriorate, spreads could be increased and trading may be switched into “close only” mode.

Any deals between Greece and its creditors must be ratified by two national parliaments - in Greece and in Germany. With protracted negotiations expected to take place over the weekend, there is already anxiety in the Greek parliament over the conditions for the country to stay within the Eurozone to be too harsh.

In the absence of parliamentary majority within the coalition led government of current prime minister Alexis Tsipras, he could be seeking support for passing the measures from the opposition.