Margin

Summary

This widget helps you monitor margin parameters and statistics.

Margin

Fields

All values are in displayed in conversion to the BP root asset:

Your margin level

The ratio of your funds to a used collateral, in percents. This value is calculated as Equity / Used margin × 100%.

Possible values:

• Empty: No open positions.

• Low risk: Everything is ok.

• Margin call: Your margin level fell below the set Margin call value. You received a notification urging you to increase the margin level to avoid a Stop out. Remember that if you ignore this warning, the margin level may continue to decrease. During the Margin call, you can only close existing positions; opening new positions isn’t possible.

• Stop out level: Your margin level fell below the set Stop out value; the platform started a process of liquidating your positions. This process continues until the margin level exceeds this required value. ANY currently open position can be closed regardless of its side and volume.

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Margin balance

The total amount of your funds that can be used as a collateral for CFD trading.

It’s calculated as SUM (TotalAmountX × MarginRatioX × Rate X/RAT)

Where:

• TotalAmountX is the the total amount of the asset X, including both available and locked funds.

• MarginRatioX is the Margin ratio set for the asset X.

• Rate X/RAT is the constantly updated rate of the asset X to the BP root asset.

The Margin balance is continually recalculated based on price fluctuations. An increase in the prices of assets boosts available Balance & Free margin. Conversely, a decrease in asset prices may reduce the available Balance and Free margin. Additionally, a decline in the prices of assets with open positions may trigger Margin calls and Stop outs.

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Equity

The potential balance of your account if all your positions were closed right now.

This value is calculated as Margin balance + Unrealized PnL.

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Used margin

The amount of funds that is used for maintaining all your open positions. Is opposed to the Free margin.

The Used margin for positions on a specific market is calculated using the maximum value between the total margin of long positions and the total margin of short positions: MAX(MarketPositionLong, MarketPositionShort).

Example

Step 1: Initial balance

• Margin balance: $10,000

• Opened positions: 0

• Free margin: $10,000

• Used margin: $0

Step 2: Open a long position (Leverage 1:100)

• Market: CFD EUR/USD

• Position size: 1 lot (100,000 units)

• Current price: $1.001

• Required margin: $(100,000 × 1.001) / 100 = $1,001

• After opening:

  • Free margin: $8,999

  • Used margin: $1,001

Step 3: Open a long position (Leverage 1:20)

• Market: CFD EUR/USD

• Position size: 1 lot (100,000 units)

• Current price: $1.001

• Required margin: $(100,000 × 1.001) / 20 = $5,005

• After opening:

  • Free margin: $3,994

  • Used margin: $6,006

Step 4: Open a short position (Leverage 1:100)

• Market: CFD EUR/USD

• Position size: 9 lots (900,000 units)

• Current price: $1

• Required margin: $(900,000 × 1.001) / 100 = $9,009.

The system verifies that upon opening this position, the MarketUsedMargin remains valid by satisfying the condition: MarketUsedMargin = max(MarketPositionLong, MarketPositionShort) = max(6,006, 9,009) = 9,009. Since the condition is met, the position opens.

• After opening:

  • Free margin: $991

  • Used margin: $9,009

As a result, you can open multiple opposite positions without significantly increasing the Used margin. Furthermore, closing positions never increases the Used margin.

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Free margin

The amount of funds that can be used for opening new positions.

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Unrealized PnL

The total potential profit or loss earned from all open positions.

This value is calculated as Σ(Unrealized PnL for Long positions + Unrealized PnL for Short positions), where:

• Unrealized PnL for Long positions = Position size × (Current price – Open price)

• Unrealized PnL for Short positions = Position size × (Open price – Current price)