Margin calculation
Margin calculation
06 Jan 2022, 01:15
Dear staff,
I'm currently working on a cBot and I somehow have the impression,
that backtesting is not working correctly.
My issue is that the used margin seems to be calculated wrongly.
For instance, when I run the backtesting I open one buy position with 2 lots and one sell position with one lot on GERMANY 30.
The used margin that's getting displayed is 318,19€
where it should be around 800€ per lot so in total about 2400€ tho as that's what is stated when I try to open a position regularly
Is this a known issue,
or did I misunderstand something here?
Many thanks
Replies
ctid4854686
07 Jan 2022, 16:02
RE:
PanagiotisCharalampous said:
Hi there,
The reason this happens is because backtesting takes into consideration the account's leverage and not the symbol's leverage. We plan to add this feature in a future update.
Best Regards,
Panagiotis
Ah ok thanks.
Am I able to trade with higher leverage than the symbols leverage, in general?
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PanagiotisCharalampous
07 Jan 2022, 16:19
Hi there,
No you are not.
Best Regards,
Panagiotis
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PanagiotisCharalampous
07 Jan 2022, 12:42
Hi there,
The reason this happens is because backtesting takes into consideration the account's leverage and not the symbol's leverage. We plan to add this feature in a future update.
Best Regards,
Panagiotis
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