Crypto

Margin requirements

Margin requirements for Crypto are provided below:

Instrument Description Margin requirements Leverage
BTC/USD Bitcoin vs US Dollar 50% 1:2
ETH/USD Ether vs US Dollar 50% 1:2
LTC/USD Litecoin vs US Dollar 50% 1:2
BCH/USD Bitcoin Cash vs US Dollar 50% 1:2
XLM/USD Stellar vs US Dollar 50% 1:2
DSH/USD Dashcoin vs US Dollar 100% 1:1
XMR/USD Monero vs US Dollar 100% 1:1
EOS/USD EOS vs US Dollar 50% 1:2
TRX/USD TRON vs US Dollar 100% 1:1
ADA/USDCardano vs US Dollar100%1:1
UNI/USDUniswap vs US Dollar100% 1:1
LNK/USDChainlink vs US Dollar100% 1:1
MAT/USDPolygon vs US Dollar100% 1:1
AVE/USDAave vs US Dollar100% 1:1
MKR/USDMaker vs US Dollar100% 1:1
CMP/USDCompound vs US Dollar100% 1:1
ENJ/USDEnjin vs US Dollar100% 1:1
YFI/USDYearn Finance vs US Dollar100% 1:1
BAT/USDBasic Attention Token vs US Dollar100% 1:1

The minimum margin required to open a position depends on the desired leverage, instrument and current market prices.

  • *The minimum margin requirements will differ if the initial leverage is changed
  • **See section "Over-the-weekend leverage" for additional information
  • ***If equity for the self trade account is less than CHF 20 or equivalent in foreign currency, the account may be blocked by Dukascopy Europe

Attention: Currently CFDs on cryptocurrencies trading is available for regular self trading accounts only.

Maximum instrument exposure

Maximum net exposure of each currency pair on one trading account is limited to a position of 25 million of primary currency with an exception for USD/HUF, EUR/HUF, USD/CZK, EUR/CZK, USD/RON, USD/ILS, USD/THB which max exposure is limited by 1 million of primary currency. For precious metals and CFDs maximum net exposure is specified in the table below:

Instrument Maximum exposure in contracts (for CFDs) /
Oz (for precious metals)
ADA/USD30'000 USD equivalent
AUS.IDX/AUD750
BCH/USD50'000 USD equivalent
BRENT.CMD/USD650
BTC/USD100'000 USD equivalent
BUND.TR/EUR10'000
CHE.IDX/CHF350
CHI.IDX/USD200
COCOA.CMD/USD225
COFFEE.CMD/USX940'000
COPPER.CMD/USD1 mio USD equivalent
COTTON.CMD/USX685'000
DEU.IDX/EUR250
DIESEL.CMD/USD1'800
DOLLAR.IDX/USD25'000
DSH/USD30'000 USD equivalent
EOS/USD30'000 USD equivalent
ESP.IDX/EUR300
ETH/USD100'000 USD equivalent
EUS.IDX/EUR900
FRA.IDX/EUR500
GAS.CMD/USD4'500
GBR.IDX/GBP350
HKG.IDX/HKD1'000
ITA.IDX/EUR1 mio EUR equivalent
JPN.IDX/JPY20'000
LIGHT.CMD/USD650
LTC/USD50'000 USD equivalent
NLD.IDX/EUR4'550
OJUICE.CMD/USX410'000
PLN.IDX/PLN1'545
SGD.IDX/SGD11'220
SOA.IDX/ZAR2'000'000 USD equivalent
SOYBEAN.CMD/USX223'500
SUGAR.CMD/USD1'430
TRX/USD30'000 USD equivalent
USA30.IDX/USD100
USA500.IDX/USD1'000
USATECH.IDX/USD300
USSC2000.IDX/USD2'000
USTBOND.TR/USD10'000
VOL.IDX/USD100'000 USD equivalent
XAG/USD40'000
XAU/USD1'500
XLM/USD50'000 USD equivalent
XPD.CMD/USD90
AVE/USD30'000 USD equivalent
BAT/USD30'000 USD equivalent
CMP/USD30'000 USD equivalent
ENJ/USD30'000 USD equivalent
LNK/USD30'000 USD equivalent
MAT/USD30'000 USD equivalent
MKR/USD30'000 USD equivalent
UNI/USD30'000 USD equivalent
XPT.CMD/USD315
YFI/USD30'000 USD equivalent

Clients may request to wave/increase the maximum exposure limit for particular instruments with high leverage.

In this case the account leverage will be reduced to 1:20 (1:10 over-the-weekend).

CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 71.59% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. Show more You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money. Show less