The leverage will be reduced temporarily during scheduled high-impact news releases and during the weekly market open and close period. The leverage reduction will be applied automatically.
Once the affected period ends, the leverage will automatically resume to the original leverage setting.
Leverage-reduced periods
Major news release: 15 minutes before to 5 minutes after news release
Market Open - Monday: 30 minutes after the market open
Market Close - Monday to Thursday: 30 minutes before the market close
Market Close - Friday: 3 hours before the market close
Affected period |
Affected time window |
|---|---|
Major news release |
15 minutes before to 5 minutes after news release |
Market Open - Monday |
30 minutes after the market open |
Market Close - Monday to Thursday |
30 minutes before the market close |
Market Close - Friday |
3 hours before the market close |
Affected products
Product Adjusted leverage
Forex：1:200
Oil：1:10
Gold：1:100
Silver：1:50
Commodities：1:5
Indices：1:100
Product |
Adjusted leverage |
|---|---|
Forex |
1:200 |
Oil |
1:10 |
Gold |
1:100 |
Silver |
1:50 |
Commodities |
1:5 |
Indices |
1:100 |
Which Events Trigger a Reduction
The leverage reduction will apply to key market news announcements, including (but not limited to):
- USD-related news: FOMC interest rate decisions, CPI, PMI, NMI, PPI, GDP, PCE, Retail Sales, NFP (Non-Farm Payrolls), ADP (Private Payrolls).
- Oil-related news: Crude Oil Inventories.
- Other countries’ news: Major economic data such as CPI, PMI, GDP from non-US countries.
You can check the release times of major weekly economic news data on the official website's economic calendar. Click: Economic-calendar.
Unscheduled events do not trigger a leverage reduction, though leverage may still be reduced at short notice in unusual conditions. Please see "Why Your Leverage Changed Without a Request".
Why It Happens
Fast price movements tend to occur around news releases and at the weekly open. A position sized comfortably in normal conditions can become oversized within seconds when the market moves several times as fast as its usual range.
Lowering leverage will increase the required margin to open or hold a trade, which limits the position size of a trade during these periods. This is a proactive risk management measure applied before market volatility occurs.
Important Conditions
- It applies to the account, not to individual positions. Nothing is closed, resized or altered.
- Applies only to newly opened positions. The reduced leverage applies when opening new positions during the affected period. This means new trades may require more margin than under your normal leverage.
- Existing positions are not affected. Positions opened before the leverage reduction will not be automatically closed, resized, or have their leverage changed.
- Your account setting is unchanged. The leverage shown in your account stays the same; what changes is the leverage applied during the scheduled time window.
- Leverage automatically restores. Once the affected period ends, the original leverage setting will automatically resume.
