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Trading Terminal

Margin call and stop-out: when are my positions closed automatically?

When you have open positions, the terminal shows your equity (Balance + Credit ± floating profit/loss), used margin, free margin, and a margin level (equity ÷ used margin, as a %). As losing trades erode your equity, your margin level falls. If it drops far enough your account enters a margin-call state, and if it keeps falling to the stop-out threshold the platform will automatically close positions (a 'stop-out') to protect the account from going negative. The practical takeaways: higher leverage means positions consume less margin but a smaller adverse move can trigger a stop-out; keeping free margin and using Stop Loss reduces the risk of a forced close. You can watch all of these numbers live in the account bar while trading.

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