What 1:100 leverage means
With 1:100, a position worth $100,000 requires $1,000 of margin. On a $100K account you could, in theory, open positions worth up to $10 million. In practice, the loss limits stop you far earlier — and that is a good thing.
Why leverage is not your risk
Your risk on a trade is the distance to your stop loss multiplied by the position size. One standard lot of EURUSD moves about $10 per pip: a 20-pip stop risks about $200, whatever the leverage. On a $100K 2-Step account, the 4% daily limit is $4,000, so risking 0.5–1% per trade leaves room for many losing trades in a row.
- Decide risk per trade first (for example 0.5% of the account).
- Place your stop where the trade idea is invalid.
- Calculate the lot size from risk and stop distance — our free calculator does it.
Limits that apply on paid accounts
To keep risk under control, paid accounts can have up to 5 open positions at the same time and up to 10 orders per minute. New orders are blocked from 30 minutes before to 30 minutes after high-impact news on the affected instruments. All limits are published on the rules page.