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title: "Leverage - Meaning & GFN's Figure - Get Funded Now"
description: "The ratio between the notional size of a position and the margin required to hold it. At 1:50, $2,000 of margin supports a $100,000 position - it changes…"
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Trading mechanics

# Leverage

The ratio between the notional size of a position and the margin required to hold it. At 1:50, $2,000 of margin supports a $100,000 position - it changes what you can open, not what you may lose.

GFN’s figure

GFN offers up to 1:50 on every programme - Instant, the 1 Step and the 2 Step. It can vary by instrument: forex, metals, indices, commodities and crypto carry different requirements.

- **Leverage**: Up to 1:50 on all three programmes
- **By instrument**: Varies - forex, metals, indices, commodities and crypto differ
- **Effect on the rules**: None - the drawdown limits apply regardless

In detail

## Leverage, explained

Leverage is frequently blamed for losses it did not cause. What determines risk is position size against stop distance; leverage only sets the ceiling on how large a position the account can carry at all.

On a prop account the risk limits bind long before the leverage ceiling does. High leverage with a tight daily loss limit simply means the limit is reached faster if the position is sized to the ceiling.

[The rule in full →](https://getfundednow.com/rules/leverage) · [Rules handbook](https://getfundednow.com/rules) · [Gold and metals at GFN](https://getfundednow.com/instruments/gold) · [Crypto at GFN](https://getfundednow.com/instruments/crypto) · [More trading mechanics](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/category/mechanics)

Related

## Terms that come with it

Most rules only make sense next to the ones they interact with. These are the entries this one depends on.

- [Margin](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/margin) - The portion of account equity set aside to hold an open position. It is a deposit against the position rather than a cost, and it is returned to free margin when the position closes.
- [Free margin](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/free-margin) - Equity minus the margin currently committed to open positions. It is what remains available to open new trades or to absorb floating losses on the ones already running.
- [Position size](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/position-size) - How many lots a trade is placed in. It is calculated from the dollar amount being risked and the stop distance, not chosen first - which is the reverse of how most traders approach it.
- [Lot](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/lot) - The unit position size is measured in. One standard forex lot is 100,000 units of the base currency; mini and micro lots are one tenth and one hundredth of that.
- [Margin call](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/margin-call) - A warning issued when equity falls to a set percentage of the margin required for open positions. It signals that the account is close to being unable to support the trades it holds.

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