Leverage Information
The maximum leverage offered by Skilling is explained below in more detail according to client’s categorization and asset type.
| Retail Clients | Elected Professional Clients | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Instruments | Maximum Leverage | Margin Requirement | Maximum Leverage | Margin Requirement |
| Major FX | 30:1 | 3.33% | 200:1 | 0.5% |
| Minor FX | 20:1 | 5% | 100:1 | 1% |
| Gold | 20:1 | 5% | 100:1 | 1% |
| Major Indices | 20:1 | 5% | 200:1 | 0.5% |
| Minor Indices | 10:1 | 10% | 100:1 | 1% |
| Commodities | 10:1 | 10% | 30:1 | 3.33% |
| Shares | 5:1 | 20% | 10:1 | 10% |
| Cryptos | 2:1 | 50% | 2:1 | 50% |
Dynamic Leverage
Skilling uses a dynamic leverage model for “Elective Professional Clients” on FX, Indices, Commodities which automatically adapts to the clients trading CFD positions. For instance, the USD volume per instrument of a client increases, the maximum leverage decreases accordingly as per the below table.
This model is applied per trading symbol, thus if a client has positions open across multiple instruments the leverage will be calculated separately on each symbol.
| Tier | Open USD Volume | Maximum Leverage |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | 0-10,000,000 | 200:1 |
| Tier 2 | 10,000,000-15,000,000 | 100:1 |
| Tier 3 | 15,000,000-20,000,000 | 50:1 |
| Tier | Open USD Volume | Maximum Leverage |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | 0-5,000,000 | 200:1 |
| Tier 2 | 5,000,000-10,000,000 | 100:1 |
| Tier 3 | 10,000,000-15,000,000 | 50:1 |
| Tier | Open USD Volume | Maximum Leverage |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | 0-5,000,000 | 100:1 |
| Tier 2 | 5,000,000-10,000,000 | 50:1 |
| Tier 3 | 10,000,000-15,000,000 | 30:1 |
An example of Dynamic Leverage
Consider a EUR account opening 12,000,000 on EUR/USD (please refer to FX Leverage Tiers table)
| Symbol | Volume | Dynamic Leverage | Applicable Leverage | Margin Used | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position 1 | EUR/USD | 5,000,000 | 100% in Tier 1 | 200:1 | 5,000,000/200 = € 25,000 |
| Position 2 | EUR/USD | 3,000,000 | 100% in Tier 1 | 200:1 | 3,000,000/200 = € 15,000 |
| Position 3 | EUR/USD | 4,000,000 | 50% in Tier 1 50% in Tier 2 |
200:1 100:1 |
2,000,000/200 = € 10,000 2,000,000/100 = € 20,000 |
| Total | 12,000,000 | € 70,000 |
| Symbol | Volume | Dynamic Leverage | Applicable Leverage | Margin Used | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position 1 | Germany 30 | 400 | 100% in Tier 1 | 200:1 | (400*12,500)/200 = € 25,000 |
| Position 2 | Germany 30 | 400 | 100% in Tier 2 | 100:1 | (400*12,500)/100 = € 50,000 |
| Position 3 | Germany 30 | 400 | 100% in Tier 3 | 50:1 | (400*12,500)/50 = € 100,000 |
| Total | 1,200 | € 175,000 |
| Symbol | Volume | Dynamic Leverage | Applicable Leverage | Margin Used | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position 1 | Gold | 3200 | 100% in Tier 1 | 100:1 | (3200*1562,5)/100 = $ 50,000 |
| Position 2 | Gold | 3200 | 100% in Tier 2 | 50:1 | (3200*1562,5)/50 = $ 100,000 |
| Position 3 | Gold | 3200 | 100% in Tier 3 | 30:1 | (3200*1562,5)/30 = $ 166,666 |
| Total | 9,600 | $ 316,666 |
Leverage
| Symbol | Max Leverage Retail | Max Leverage EPC |
|---|---|---|
| EURUSD | 30:1 | 200:1 |
| GBPUSD | 30:1 | 200:1 |
| EURJPY | 30:1 | 200:1 |
| USDJPY | 30:1 | 200:1 |
| AUDUSD | 20:1 | 200:1 |
| USDCHF | 30:1 | 200:1 |
| GBPJPY | 30:1 | 200:1 |
| USDCAD | 30:1 | 200:1 |
| EURGBP | 30:1 | 200:1 |
| EURCHF | 30:1 | 100:1 |
| AUDJPY | 20:1 | 200:1 |
| NZDUSD | 20:1 | 200:1 |
| CHFJPY | 30:1 | 100:1 |
| EURAUD | 20:1 | 200:1 |
| CADJPY | 30:1 | 200:1 |
| GBPAUD | 20:1 | 200:1 |
| EURCAD | 30:1 | 200:1 |
| AUDCAD | 20:1 | 200:1 |
| GBPCAD | 30:1 | 200:1 |
| AUDNZD | 20:1 | 100:1 |
| NZDJPY | 20:1 | 100:1 |
| USDNOK | 20:1 | 100:1 |
| AUDCHF | 20:1 | 100:1 |
| USDMXN | 20:1 | 100:1 |
| GBPNZD | 20:1 | 100:1 |
| EURNZD | 20:1 | 100:1 |
| CADCHF | 30:1 | 100:1 |
| USDSGD | 20:1 | 20:1 |
| USDSEK | 20:1 | 100:1 |
| NZDCAD | 20:1 | 100:1 |
| EURSEK | 20:1 | 100:1 |
| GBPSGD | 20:1 | 20:1 |
| EURNOK | 20:1 | 100:1 |
| EURHUF | 20:1 | 20:1 |
| USDPLN | 20:1 | 20:1 |
| USDDKK | 10:1 | 20:1 |
| GBPNOK | 20:1 | 100:1 |
| NZDCHF | 20:1 | 100:1 |
| GBPCHF | 30:1 | 100:1 |
| USDTRY | 20:1 | 50:1 |
| EURTRY | 20:1 | 50:1 |
| EURHKD | 10:1 | 20:1 |
| EURZAR | 20:1 | 20:1 |
| SGDJPY | 20:1 | 20:1 |
| USDHKD | 10:1 | 20:1 |
| USDZAR | 20:1 | 20:1 |
| EURMXN | 20:1 | 100:1 |
| EURPLN | 20:1 | 20:1 |
| GBPZAR | 20:1 | 20:1 |
| USDHUF | 20:1 | 20:1 |
| EURCZK | 20:1 | 20:1 |
| USDCZK | 10:1 | 20:1 |
| EURDKK | 10:1 | 20:1 |
| EURRUB | 10:1 | 20:1 |
| USDRUB | 10:1 | 20:1 |
| USDCNH | 10:1 | 20:1 |
| GBPSEK | 20:1 | 100:1 |
| AUDSGD | 20:1 | 20:1 |
| CADNOK | 20:1 | 100:1 |
| CHFNOK | 20:1 | 100:1 |
| CHFPLN | 20:1 | 20:1 |
| EURSGD | 20:1 | 20:1 |
| GBPDKK | 10:1 | 20:1 |
| NOKJPY | 20:1 | 100:1 |
| NOKSEK | 20:1 | 100:1 |
| TRYJPY | 20:1 | 50:1 |
| USDRON | 10:1 | 20:1 |
| USDTHB | 10:1 | 20:1 |
| ZARJPY | 20:1 | 20:1 |
| AUDNOK | 20:1 | 100:1 |
| AUDPLN | 20:1 | 20:1 |
| NOKDKK | 10:1 | 20:1 |
| USDILS | 10:1 | 20:1 |
| Symbol | Max Leverage Retail | Max Leverage EPC |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 20:1 | 100:1 |
| Silver | 10:1 | 30:1 |
| Oil WTI | 10:1 | 30:1 |
| Oil Brent | 10:1 | 30:1 |
| Natural Gas | 10:1 | 30:1 |
| Platinum | 10:1 | 10:1 |
| Coffee | 5:1 | 5:1 |
| Cotton | 5:1 | 5:1 |
| Sugar | 5:1 | 5:1 |
| Cocoa | 5:1 | 5:1 |
| Corn | 5:1 | 5:1 |
| Soybean | 5:1 | 5:1 |
| Wheat | 5:1 | 5:1 |
| Palladium | 10:1 | 10:1 |
| XAUEUR | 20:1 | 100:1 |
| XAUAUD | 20:1 | 100:1 |
| Aluminum | 5:1 | 5:1 |
| Copper | 5:1 | 5:1 |
| Zinc | 5:1 | 5:1 |
| Carbon Emissions | 5:1 | 5:1 |
| Nickel | 5:1 | 5:1 |
| Symbol | Max Leverage Retail | Max Leverage EPC |
|---|---|---|
| Australia 200 | 20:1 | 200:1 |
| EU Shares 50 | 20:1 | 200:1 |
| France 40 | 20:1 | 200:1 |
| S&P 500 | 20:1 | 200:1 |
| US 100 | 20:1 | 200:1 |
| DOWJONES 30 | 20:1 | 200:1 |
| China A50 | 10:1 | 50:1 |
| Germany 30 | 20:1 | 200:1 |
| Hong Kong 50 | 10:1 | 50:1 |
| Italy 40 | 10:1 | 50:1 |
| Japan 225 | 20:1 | 50:1 |
| Netherlands 25 | 10:1 | 50:1 |
| Poland 20 | 10:1 | 50:1 |
| Singapore Index | 10:1 | 50:1 |
| Spain 35 | 10:1 | 50:1 |
| Switzerland 20 | 10:1 | 50:1 |
| UK 100 | 20:1 | 200:1 |
| Norway 25 | 10:1 | 10:1 |
| Sweden 30 | 10:1 | 10:1 |
| VIX | 10:1 | 10:1 |
| India 50 | 10:1 | 10:1 |
| Brazil 50 | 10:1 | 10:1 |