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.