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title: "Margin - Meaning & GFN's Figure - Get Funded Now"
description: "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…"
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Trading mechanics

# 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.

GFN’s figure

At GFN's up to 1:50, a $100,000 notional position requires $2,000 of margin. Requirements vary by instrument, and where there is not enough margin the platform may prevent the order from opening.

In detail

## Margin, explained

Margin requirement is notional size divided by leverage, so it falls as leverage rises. On a simulated account it works identically, and it is what stops an account opening a position larger than its equity can support.

Margin and risk are different numbers. A position can use a small fraction of margin and still carry a loss large enough to breach a daily limit.

[The rule in full →](https://getfundednow.com/rules/margin-and-lot-size) · [Rules handbook](https://getfundednow.com/rules) · [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.

- [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.
- [Leverage](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/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.
- [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.
- [Stop-out](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/stop-out) - The automatic closing of positions when equity falls below the level needed to maintain them. On a prop account the phrase is also used loosely for hitting the maximum drawdown floor.
- [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.

Also governed by [/rules/margin-and-lot-size](https://getfundednow.com/rules/margin-and-lot-size)

[Lot](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/lot) · [Standard lot](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/standard-lot)

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