XM｜Q&A about Trading
Are there any leverage limitation with XM?
XM does not have any leverage limitation as other FX brokerage houses have and provides with maximum 1:1,000 leverage. However there could be the cases that your leverage will become limited when your equity goes above certain amount, you are trading minor currency pairs or important political event occurrs.
2022.07.06
Is leverage 1:1,000 available for all the currency pairs?
No, you cannot avail 1:1,000 leverage in certain currency pairs with XM. Maximum leverage for CHF related currency pairs will be maximum 1:400, TRY related currency pairs 1:100 and HKD, CNH, DKK related currency pairs maximum 1:50.
2022.07.05
Why is my leverage ratio with XM suddenly changed?
XM deploys 'Floating Leverage System' where leverage ratio changes depending on the equity in your account. Therefore aggregated equity of all of your account goes above USD 20,000, your maximum leverage will become 1:200 and will become 1:100 when it goes above USD 100,000.
2022.07.05
What is the leverage variety I can choose from?
There are 17 kinds of leverages available ranging from 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 50, 66, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 888 to 1:1,000.
2022.07.05
Are there any leverage limitation depending on the position size held?
XM does not levy any leverage limitation depending on the position size held. However,when the equity goes above USD 40,000, maximum leverage will be capped at 1:500,it goes above USD 80,000, maximum leverage will be capped at 1:200.And if equity goes above USD 200,000, maximum leverage will be further capped at 1:100. There would also be the cases where the leverage limitation comes into place when there arise a political event or depending on the descriptions you trade.
2022.07.05
What is the highest leverage can I choose?
Maximum leverages XM offers differ depending on account types and it will be 1:1,000 times for Standard Account, Micro Account, XM Ultra Low Account Standard and XM Ultra Low Account Micro. Please choose the leverage you wish to apply at the account opening.
2022.07.05
What about trading hours of Christmas or year-end and new year holidays with XM?
Markets are closed on Christmas or year-end and new year holidays. There may also be the cases where trading hours of some descriptions change or close due to festal days of each country. You will be notified of the change or close of trading hours through official site of XM or through the mail from XM. Please make sure to check it.
2022.04.11
Tell me about XM's MT4/MT5 server time.
Server time of XM's MetaTrader 4 (MT4)/Metatrader 5 (MT5) shows Cyprus standard time. Cyprus is on GMT+2 (GMT+3 in summer time). You can convert server time into your local time where you resides by calculating the time difference between Cyprus and your country.
2022.04.11
When are tradable hours of XM CFDs?
Trading hours may differ depending on the descriptions such as CFDs of precious meals, commodities, stock indices, energies have different trading hours of its own. Trading hours can be checked after clicking currency pair you wish to check from indicative 'prices window' of MT4/MT5 and choose 'Specification.'
2022.04.11
Can I trade on weekends with XM?
No, tradable hours with XM are from Monday 00:05 to Friday 23:50 (GMT+2) and you cannot trade outside of trading hours. However you can carry over the position you already have over the weekends.
2022.04.11
