How do you read the terminal's Trade tab?
The Trade tab shows your open positions and their live numbers: price, stop, target, swap, profit. Beginners stare at it constantly and read almost none of it deliberately.
Walk through what you check:
- which columns matter to you and why
- how you read the profit column without overreacting
- the number that tells you whether you're in trouble (margin level)
The leverage and margin guide defines every number in that tab.
Background: Leverage and margin explained: margin calls, stop-outs and how losses grow
Leverage lets you control a large position with a small deposit. It magnifies losses exactly as much as gains, and it is behind most blown trading accounts.
What does 30:1 leverage mean?
You can control a position 30 times larger than your margin deposit. $1,000 of margin opens a $30,000 position, and gains and losses are calculated on the full $30,000.
What is a margin call?
A warning from your broker that losses have reduced your margin level to a set threshold. If it keeps falling, the broker starts closing positions automatically, which is called a stop-out.
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