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Margin
Margin is a sum of money which is to be available in the account in order to open a trade.
Account protection
Bank-level security of a trading accountAny client can protect his/her trading account against hack attacks enabling the service of SMS code. It includes the request of one-time SMS code for every withdrawal. So a trader gets 100% protectio...
InstaForex ECN trading
InstaForex is an ECN broker providing qualitative trading services on the Forex market. Cooperation with major market makers and brokers complete with large customer base provide InstaForex with high liquidity and opportunity to make fast o...
Spread size
InstaForex uses fixed spreads on all trading instruments except of Major currency pairs, during the period of low liquidity (from 23:30 to 03:00 terminal time), the spread on some Forex Majors can be increased up to 10 pips;EUR/CZK, and EUR...
Account security
Such positive feature as bank-level security of a trading account was developedEvery client can protect his trading account from hack attacks by means of SMS-password service activation every time making a withdrawal. Thus, activating the S...
Providing analytics
Forex news is available on our website. Moreover, there is section containing Forex analytical reviews, you can find it on. Economic Calendar helps you to be aware of the main economic events of the world. Besides, you are able to subscribe...
Types of cent accounts
InstaForex offers clients an opportunity to trade on the Forex market using three types of accounts at once: Micro Forex, Mini Forex, Standard Forex. In order to make such a technology possible a nonstandard 10,000 lot was established, whic...
Complaints about trading platform
In accordance with paragraph 5 of the InstaForex Companies Group public offer agreement, when contentious cases occur, the Client is entitled to file a claim with the Company. Claims are accepted within two working days from the date the pr...
Cent accounts
International online broker InstaForex offers its clients the opportunity to trade on the Forex market using accounts, the currency of which is expressed in the US Cents.Cent.Standard and Cent.Eurica account types are meant for beginning tr...
Chapter 10. Margin trading
In the previous chapter we compared work on Forex with the opportunity to earn from the buy/sell operations at an exchange office. It is obvious that Forex has a range of advantages that allow traders to take significant profit in a short t...
Security assurances for bank card verification
The photo of the bank card is uploaded to your Client Area, and only you have access to it. In the Client Area, confidential information is transmitted via a secure connection and stored on protected servers. This way, we ensure the safety...
Personal data security assurance
According to the Public Offer Agreement, the company guarantees that the client’s personal data and especially the client’s identity documents are considered confidential and shall not be disclosed to any third party.As an extra protection...
Two-factor authentication
Two-factor authentication is a method of identifying a user by requesting two different types of authentication data. This method ensures two-tier and, therefore, more effective protection of the account from unauthorized access.After enabl...
Liquidity
Liquidity is the state of the market or the degree to which a definite security can be quickly bought or sold without significant losses in the price. In the banking sector, this term describes the ability of a bank to execute current payme...
Tick
Tick is a minimum value of a price change. At present, depending on the security type and cost, the tick can amount to 1/16, 1/32, 1/64 of the USD, etc., although the decimalization is expected in the future when the tick will be 1/100 of t...
Free margin
Free margin is the funds which are not used for the security of the open positions. It is calculated by the following formula: Free margin = Equity – Margin.
PAMM account
PAMM (Percentage Allocation Management Module) is a trading account designed for trust management of investors' funds. The PAMM account enables beneficial cooperation between account managers and investors. With the PAMM system, profits and...
Candlestick shadow
The distance between the candlestick body and the maximum day price in the form of a vertical line is called the candlestick upper shadow (uwakage). The distance between the candlestick body and the minimum price is also depicted as a line...
Chapter 9. Forex market and exchange offices
Forex trading is aimed at making money on currency speculations. We have been describing the currency market above but avoided such topics as what starting capital is needed to work on Forex and what profit can be expected. In this chapter...
Chapter 11. Margin requirement
Each time a trader opens a position through an online broker (dealing company), the part of funds on his account becomes frozen. This part is called a security deposit and used for a guarantee that a trader will never lose more than he has...
Updating information in the Client Area
Funds accounting lasts for an hour after an InstaCredit investor approves application and receives a security deposit from InstaCredit trader in a sum specified by the parties in advance. And information is updating every hour as well.
MT4 for MacOS
The client terminal can be installed and run on computers with Mac OS using Wine. Wine is free software that allows users of the Unix-based systems to run an application developed for the Microsoft Windows systems. Among all the Wine versio...
Rejection of card verification
Please read the email we have sent you. It explains the reason for the rejection. In fact, there can be even several reasons. The most frequent reasons for rejection: uncovered sensitive data; no signature on the back of the card; a croppe...
Proxy settings
Internet connection through a proxy server may be the reason why your device fails to connect to the MT4 platform. If the system requires you to enter details of the proxy server settings (a popup window will appear) when installing or down...
What are the risks?
There are the following risks:- Market volatility: IPO shares can be subject to significant price fluctuations in the early stages of trading. The market demand and sentiment surrounding the company's stock can lead to high volatility, resu...
