Reductions to Margin Requirements


    After the U.S. presidential elections, margin requirements on selected currency pairs have been reduced, and will be implemented on Friday, 11 Nov 2016, 02:00 GMT.

    Below is the full list of instruments and their margin requirements after this revision:

    Forex (Majors)
    Affected Instruments Margin Requirements
    USDCHF 2 times
    AUDUSD 1 times
    EURUSD 1 times
    GBPUSD 1 times
    NZDUSD 1 times
    USDCAD 1 times
    USDJPY 1 times
    Forex (Crosses & Exotics)
    Affected Instruments Margin Requirements Affected Instruments Margin Requirements
    EURCHF 2 times NOKSEK 1 times
    GBPCHF 2 times NZDCAD 1 times
    NZDCHF 2 times NZDJPY 1 times
    USDCHF 2 times NZDUSD 1 times
    EURCAD 1 times SGDJPY 1 times
    EURGBP 1 times USDCAD 1 times
    EURJPY 1 times USDCNH 1 times
    EURNOK 1 times USDDKK 1 times
    EURNZD 1 times USDHKD 1 times
    EURSEK 1 times USDHUF 1 times
    EURSGD 1 times USDJPY 1 times
    EURTRY 1 times USDMXN 1 times
    EURUSD 1 times USDNOK 1 times
    GBPAUD 1 times USDPLN 1 times
    GBPCAD 1 times USDSEK 1 times
    GBPJPY 1 times USDSGD 1 times
    GBPNZD 1 times USDTRY 1 times
    GBPUSD 1 times USDZAR 1 times
    NOKJPY 1 times
    Precious Metals
    Affected Instruments Margin Requirements
    XAGUSD 1 times
    XAUUSD 1 times
    Cash CFDs
    Affected Instruments Margin Requirements
    AUS200 1 times
    DE30 1 times
    ES35 1 times
    STOXX50 1 times
    F40 1 times
    HK50 1 times
    JP225 1 times
    UK100 1 times
    US30 1 times
    US100 1 times
    US500 1 times
    USOil 1 times
    UKOil 1 times

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    This revision is subject to market volatility. Blackwell Global will continue to monitor the markets. We will keep you updated should there be any further changes.