What is the leverage(margin requirement) for CFDs on MT4/MT5 platforms?

Just like other brokers, CFD trading requires more margins than other financial instruments.

FBS offers the highest leverage which is 1:3000 though, please note that there are some conditions on that.

For the margin requirements(leverage) for CFD financial instruments, please refer to the below table:

	Commissions per lot(USD)	Contract Size	Maximum Leverage
Brent_Oil(Brent Crude Oil Futures)	33	25	1000
DAX30(DAX Futures)	100	25	10
DowJones(Mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Futures)	100	25	10
EuroStoxx(Dow Jones EuroStoxx 50 Futures)	100	25	10
F_AUD(Australian Dollar, Futures)	100	25	100000
F_CHF(Swiss Franc, Futures)	100	25	100000
F_GBP(British Pound, Futures)	100	25	100000
F_JPY(Japanese Yen, Futures)	100	25	100000
Gas(Natural Gas, Futures)	100	25	100000
Gold(Gold Futures)	100	25	100
HangSeng(Hang Seng Futures)	100	25	50
KLCI(Kuala-Lumpur Composite Index Futures)	100	25	50
Kospi200(Korea Composite Stock Price Index Futures)	1	25	25
Nasdaq(Mini Nasdaq 100 Futures)	100	25	100
Nikkei225(Tokio Stock Market Index)	100	25	5
Silver(Silver, Futures)	100	25	1000
S&P500(Mini S&P 500 Futures)	100	25	100
UsDollar(US Dollar Index, Futures)	100	25	1000
WTI_Oil(Texas light sweet Oil Futures)	100	25	1000

Leverage restrictions by account balances

For most of the traders, this may not be the case though, FBS has got a condition of leverage according to account balances.

Leverage can be restricted down to 1:50, if your account balance is too big.

Please refer to the below table:

Account Balance	Maximum Leverage Available
200 USD	1:3000
2,000 USD	1:2000
5,000 USD	1:1000
30,000 USD	1:500
150,000 USD	1:200
No limitation	1:100
No limitation	1:50

FBS MT4 Demo account is a free tool

If you are not sure about the account leverage and the margin requirements, you are recommended to open a demo account and try out.

FBS demo account provides same condition as live/real accounts, and you can see the real number of margin requirements and profit/loss by trying it out.

Please do not forget that CFD trading may require more margins than Forex trading.