What is the Initial Margin?

The initial margin is the amount of money that should be available in the account to open a specific position. This amount depends on the particular instrument (check the instrument’s details to see the percentage) and the position size. The funds available to be used as initial margin are the account’s available balance (including unrealised profits or losses from open positions and excluding the initial margin already allocated to open positions).

Your account’s equity (balance plus or minus unrealised profits or losses) must exceed the initial margin to open the position.