capitalspreads
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rjay
when you take a position with CS the computers will place a stop at a level commensurate with the funds on your account. You can then move this stop around, closer to the market or further away ( if you have available resources). BUT if you click on the 'I' button for each market you will find that each market has what we call the IMR (initial margin requirement) this is generally quite small in comparison to our competitors. No matter where you place your stop (or how profitable your postion is) our systems will always charge this minimum IMR
roberto is correct .... if you have a position open that is in a good profit you cannot use (for various reasons) unrealised profits as margin against other positions. Therefore we do allow clients to close and open positions at the same price so that they can realise profits and use the funds generated to establish other bets. Although I have to say that this is, of course, slightly self serving as we make more money from people trading frequently than from clients holding long term positions!!
hope you all had a good easter break
Simon
when you take a position with CS the computers will place a stop at a level commensurate with the funds on your account. You can then move this stop around, closer to the market or further away ( if you have available resources). BUT if you click on the 'I' button for each market you will find that each market has what we call the IMR (initial margin requirement) this is generally quite small in comparison to our competitors. No matter where you place your stop (or how profitable your postion is) our systems will always charge this minimum IMR
roberto is correct .... if you have a position open that is in a good profit you cannot use (for various reasons) unrealised profits as margin against other positions. Therefore we do allow clients to close and open positions at the same price so that they can realise profits and use the funds generated to establish other bets. Although I have to say that this is, of course, slightly self serving as we make more money from people trading frequently than from clients holding long term positions!!
hope you all had a good easter break
Simon