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Leverage is the ability to control a large amount of money in the forex markets.

For example, we offer leverage of up to 500:1 for forex. That means, for every $1 that you have in your trading account, you can trade $500 in the forex market.

Leverage gives the trader the ability to make meaningful profits on the normally miniscule daily currency movements, and, at the same time, risk only minimal capital on a given position.

Leverage can exponentially increase your profits as well as your losses so it's crucial that traders take care when using leverage. The larger your position size, the larger your pip value will be and therefore, the greater the impact on your profit/loss (P/L).

As part of our Pepperstone Partners program, we offer MAM (Multi Account Manager) and PAMM (Percentage Allocation Management Modules) to qualified and experienced fund managers with relevant licences or industry experience. Our MAM software allows you to easily manage hundreds of sub-accounts from one centralised place with virtually no delay in allocation. To find out more about our partners program benefits or enquire about MAM/PAMM software, visit pepperstonepartners.com.

Changing your trading account leverage is a powerful tool and one that may need to be changed from time to time based on your trading strategy. Changes in your account leverage affect the amount of margin you are required to post for a given trade size. In order to change your leverage on your trading account, you can do so via the secure client area.

Once logged in, click on the small pen icon next to the trading account you wish to change leverage for, then click the option "Change Leverage".