In finance, a margin is a collateral that the holder of a position in securities, options, or futures contracts has to deposit to cover the credit risk of his counterparty (most often his broker). This risk can arise if the holder has done any of the following:

• borrowed cash from the counterparty to buy securities or options,
   
• sold securities or options short, or
   
• entered into a futures contract.
  

   

  The collateral can be in the form of cash or securities, and it is deposited in a margin account. On U.S. futures exchanges, "margin" was formally called performance bond.

   

  Margin of Forex:

   

  CP(BC/CC)	A pip	Minimum Margin*	Each point **
  EURUSD	0.0001	1000 * EURUSD Rate	10 USD
  GBPUSD	0.0001	1000 * GBPUSD Rate	10 USD
  USDJPY	0.01	1000 USD	1000/USDJPY Rate
  USDCHF	0.0001	1000 USD	10 /USDCHF Rate
  USDCAD	0.0001	1000 USD	10 / USDCAD Rate
  AUDUSD	0.0001	1000 * AUDUSD Rate	10 USD
  NZDUSD	0.0001	1000 * NZDUSD Rate	10 USD
  EURJPY	0.01	1000 * EURUSD Rate	1000 / USDJPY Rate
  GBPJPY	0.01	1000 * GBPUSD Rate	1000 / USDJPY Rate
  AUDJPY	0.01	1000 * AUDUSD Rate	1000 / USDJPY Rate
  CADJPY	0.01	1000 / USDCAD Rate	1000 / USDJPY Rate
  CHFJPY	0.01	1000 / USDCHF Rate	1000 / USDJPY Rate
  NZDJPY	0.0001	1000 * NZDUSD Rate	1000 / USDJPY Rate
  EURGBP	0.0001	1000 * EURUSD Rate	10 * GBPUSD Rate
  EURCHF	0.0001	1000 * EURUSD Rate	10 / USDCHF Rate
  EURCAD	0.0001	1000 * EURUSD Rate	10 / USDCAD Rate
  EURAUD	0.0001	1000 * EURUSD Rate	10 * AUDUSD Rate
  EURNZD	0.0001	1000 * EURUSD Rate	10 * NZDUSD Rate
  GBPCHF	0.0001	1000 * GBPUSD Rate	10 / USDCHF Rate
  GBPCAD	0.0001	1000 * GBPUSD Rate	10 / USDCAD Rate
  GBPAUD	0.0001	1000 * GBPUSD Rate	10 * AUDUSD Rate
  GBPNZD	0.0001	1000 * GBPUSD Rate	10 * NZDUSD Rate
  AUDCHF	0.0001	1000 * AUDUSD Rate	10 / USDCHF Rate
  AUDCAD	0.0001	1000 * AUDUSD Rate	10 / USDCAD Rate
  AUDNZD	0.0001	1000 * AUDUSD Rate	10 * NZDUSD Rate
  NZDCAD	0.0001	1000 * NZDUSD Rate	10 / USDCAD Rate
  NZDCHF	0.0001	1000 * NZDUSD Rate	10 / USDCHF Rate
  CADCHF	0.0001	1000 / USDCAD Rate	10 / USDCHF Rate

   

  Margin of XAUUSD，XAGUSD and CL:

   

  CP	A pip	Minimum Margin*	Each point **
  XAUUSD	0.01	1000USD	1USD
  XAGUSD	0.001	1000USD	1USD
  CL	0.01	1000USD	10USD

  * For the margin in terms of 1:100 (If it is 1:200,divided by 2;1:400 divided by 4)
  ** Each point value of the base currency such as EURUSD, GBPUSD is 10 U.S. dollar, Whichever take our MT4 platform as standard.