Does leverage magnify the commission I must pay my broker?

Discussion in 'Forex' started by nwoptions, Aug 21, 2020.

  1. You will still be paying 2 pips. I used the same amount of leverage on Fxview and IB for trading GBP/CAD and the spreads remained the same. 0.0 pips for Fxview and 0.1 pips for IB. So no, the leverage has nothing to with spreads or commissions that the broker offers.
     
    #11     Sep 18, 2020
  2. tedmos38

    tedmos38

    Leverage doesn't multiply your cost of the trade, commission is predefined by the broker and will be chargeable upon the lot size that you will enter the trade with.
     
    #12     Sep 21, 2020
  3. geedy

    geedy

    Use of Leverage does not widen spread from my experience. I have tried to use 1:1000 leverage from Forexchief at one point, the spreads did not change. But it was a double edge sword. Only use it when you have a very strong signal.
     
    #13     Sep 25, 2020
  4. tedmos38

    tedmos38

    Exactly true, what is spread the difference between the bid and ask price and the prices come from the LP's(for ECN brokers) and leverage can not levy any impact on the prices, both live on the different sides of a town hahaha.
     
    #14     Sep 25, 2020
  5. Even for professional accounts with fxview where the leverage is 100:1 ?
     
    #15     Oct 23, 2020
  6. There is no such business model from any broker as far as I know that charges based on what ratio of margin is used. They may charge in a ladder like borrow 1 million and get 0.95% and borrow $40,000 and get 1.85%.
     
    #16     Oct 23, 2020
  7. No, the high amount of leverage does not alter the commission for the broker. Brokers generally charge commission on the basis of the number of lots with which you have entered into a position.
     
    #17     Oct 26, 2020
  8. Margin or leverage seems like something huge to some clients. A client feels like they are provided a huge loan. It not so. This is simply a computer program that allows you to gamble huge with your *own money with zero risk to provider. Knowing that one will not think too much of leverage and fees etc...it's a simple process where broker will take all your money if you loose big and they will not loose anything. Read the last sentence again.
     
    #18     Oct 26, 2020
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  9. kroxobor

    kroxobor

    The amount you pay depends on the position size, not leverage. The leverage just increases your ability to make trades which position size exceeds your own capital. If you trade 1 lot you pay spread for 1 lot, if 2 lots - for 2 lots.
     
    #19     Oct 27, 2020
  10. Kajir

    Kajir

    In order to avoid surprises, you need to find out what conditions this broker has.
     
    #20     Feb 12, 2021