Margin Requirements

Margin Requirements are $500 per lot, equivalent to approximately 0.5% (200:1 leverage).

For example, a trader who wishes to open a new position of 5 lots of EUR/USD (equivalent to a 500,000 Euro position) will need 5 x 500 = $2,500 of usable margin. 

Both Used Margin and available margin ("Usable Margin") are displayed in real-time in the Account Information window of the GCI trading software:

GCI also allows trading in fractional lots, and margin requirements are computed accordingly.  For example, a trader who opens a 0.4 lot position of GBP/USD will need to have 0.4 x $500 = $200 of Usable Margin.