What Happens When Free XAUUSD Trading Margin Hits Zero?

What Happens When Your Free Gold Trading Margin is Negative?

A gold margin call is when a gold trader's account free gold trading margin goes below the required gold trading margin level that is set by the broker. This means that because the free gold trading margin in the trader's account has gone below the required gold margin level then trader gets a gold trading margin call and some of the open trades in the trader's are closed by the broker until this gold trading margin level goes back up to above required gold trading margin level.

Some of the open trades might be closed out or all of the open trades may be closed-out if this gold trading margin call is automatically executed by the broker.

What is XAUUSD Trading Margin Requirement Level?

Now if Your Gold Trading Leverage is 100:1

When trading if you have $1,000 & use leverage of 100:1 & buy 1 standard gold lot for $100,000 your gold margin on this trade is the $1000 dollars in your xauusd trading account, this is the money that you will lose is your open gold trade goes against you the other $99,000 that is borrowed, the broker will close out the open trades automatically using a Gold Trading Margin Call once your $1,000 has been taken by the xauusd market.

But this is if your gold broker has set 0% Gold Trading Margin Requirement before closing your xauusd trades automatically using this Gold Trading Margin Call.

What's 20% Gold Margin Requirement Level?

For 20% gold trading margin requirement before closing your xauusd trades automatically using a Gold Trading Margin Call, then your xauusd trades will be closed once your account balance gets to $200 - at $200 you will get a gold trading margin call.

What is 50% Gold Margin Requirement Level?

For 50% requirement of this level before closing your xauusd trades automatically using a gold trading margin call, then your transactions will be closed once your trading account balance gets to $500 - at $500 you will get a gold trading margin call.

What is 100% Gold Margin Requirement Level?

If the broker sets 100% gold margin requirement of this level before closing your open trades automatically using a Gold Trading Margin Call - at $1,000 you'll get a gold trading margin call, then your xauusd trades will be closed once your account balance gets to $1,000: Explanation the xauusd trades will close-out as soon as you execute a 1 standard gold lot on this gold trading account because even if you as a trader you pay 10 dollars spread your gold account balance will get to $990 and the needed gold trading margin requirement percent is 100% that is 1,000 dollars, therefore your gold orders will immediately get closed using a Gold Trading Margin Call once your gold trading margin requirement falls below 100%.

Most gold brokers do not set 100% gold trading margin requirement, but there are those gold brokers that set 100% gold trading margin aren't suitable for you at all, even those that set 50% gold margin requirement are still not suitable. Choose those set 20% gold trading margin requirements, in fact, those xauusd brokers which set their margin requirement at 20% Gold Trading Margin Requirement are some of the best because the likely hood they close-out your trade using a Gold Trading Margin Call is reduced as shown in the example above.

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