The self-prepared amount that investors need to pay when financing the purchase of securities in the securities market.

Margin refers to the various deposits used for accounting deposits in financial institutions such as banks.

Spot gold margin trading usually has the following types of margins: 1. Account opening margin Account opening margin refers to the minimum deposit amount that traders stipulate that customers must pay when opening a foreign exchange margin trading account.

Minimum account opening margin: US$100 2. Trading margin Trading margin refers to the margin that the dealer requires customers to have when they enter the market to buy or sell gold, that is, when the customer's account opens for trading.

London gold: US$1,000/lot, London silver: US$650/lot 3. Maintenance margin Maintenance margin refers to the minimum amount of the customer's margin that can maintain the trading account to continue to hold an open position during the position holding process.

When the margin ratio of a customer's account reaches 30%, the system will forcefully close the position.

London gold: US$300/lot, London silver: US$195/lot 4. Lock-up margin Lock-up refers to the customer making transactions with the same product and quantity, but in the opposite direction.

The lock-up margin refers to the margin charged for the locked position. The lock-up margin in the system is charged on a unilateral basis.

5. Available margin Available margin refers to the balance of the net margin value of the customer account minus the used margin.

6. Margin call When the margin ratio of the customer's account is less than or equal to 100%, a margin call notification will be received. Extended information. Foreign exchange margin trading has many advantages that the stock market cannot match: 1. The stock market can only be traded during specific periods of the day.

, usually from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm.

Foreign exchange margin trading is available 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. You can invest in margin trading in your spare time at night.

2. There are hundreds of stocks in the stock market, so stock selection will be a difficult task.

In the foreign exchange market, currency combinations are very limited, which allows you to focus on these currency combinations and quickly catch their pulse.

3. The trading volume of the stock market is much smaller than that of the foreign exchange market, and tens of millions of non-professional investors affect the normal operation of the market, making it more difficult to predict market movements.

The foreign exchange market is the world's largest financial market and includes many large players - banks, investment funds, companies and other financial institutions.

4. Another shortcoming of the stock market is that in a bear market, investors cannot do anything and can only be trapped.

When the economy is booming, most investors can make profits, but economic development is alternating. When development is replaced by recession, investors can only hold their positions.

In the foreign exchange market, investors can make profits regardless of whether the economy is developing or declining. This is the short selling mechanism of foreign exchange margin.