How many lots can I trade on each CFD Challenge?

Although we do not have a hard limit on how many lots you can open, your maximum position size is effectively limited by the margin requirement of each instrument and its current market price. The more margin your positions use, the fewer additional lots you can open.

 

 

Margin is the amount of funds you must have available in your account to hold an open position. When you open a trade, a portion of your balance is "locked" as margin until the position is closed.

Margin = (Volume × Contract Size × Asset Price) ÷ Leverage

Where:

Example: 1 lot of EURUSD at 1.1000, with 1:50 leverage and 100,000 contract size:

(1 × 100,000 × 1.1000) ÷ 50 = 2,200 USD required margin

 

To estimate the maximum number of lots you can open with your available margin, rearrange the formula:

Maximum Volume (lots) = (Available Margin × Leverage) ÷ (Contract Size × Asset Price)

Example: You have $10,000 account, want to trade EURUSD at 1.1000:

(10,000 × 50) ÷ (100,000 × 1.1000) = 4.5 lots maximum

However, we recommend keeping your margin use below 30% per trade idea and your risk below 1.5%–2% per trade idea. See our Trade-Idea Risk & Margin Guide for details.

 

We offer the following leverage on all CFD accounts:

 

Your lot size is limited by margin availability, not by a fixed contract limit. Use the formula above to calculate how much margin your trades require, then manage your position sizes to stay within our 30% margin use and 1.5%–2% risk guidelines per trade idea.