{"id":10686,"date":"2025-01-29T09:33:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T09:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/resources\/topic-index\/learn-forex\/how-to-avoid-a-margin-call-or-stop-out\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T10:36:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T10:36:43","slug":"avoid-margin-call-stop-out","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/docs\/topic-index\/learn-forex\/avoid-margin-call-stop-out\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Avoid a Margin Call or Stop Out?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10686\" class=\"elementor elementor-10686\" data-elementor-post-type=\"docs\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-371a34f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"371a34f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c606412 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c606412\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To avoid a <strong>Margin Call<\/strong> or <strong>Stop Out<\/strong>, follow these risk management strategies:<\/p><h3><strong>1. Maintain Sufficient Account Balance<\/strong><\/h3><ul><li>Ensure your account has enough <strong>free margin<\/strong> to sustain open trades.<\/li><li>Avoid opening <strong>more positions<\/strong> than your account can handle.<\/li><\/ul><h3><strong>2. Manage Leverage Wisely<\/strong><\/h3><ul><li><strong>Lower leverage<\/strong> requires enough capital to keep trades open.<\/li><li><strong>Higher leverage<\/strong> increases risk, so trade cautiously and avoid excessive exposure.<\/li><\/ul><h3><strong>3. Control Lot Sizes &amp; Risk Exposure<\/strong><\/h3><ul><li>Adjust your <strong>lot sizes<\/strong> to manage risk effectively.<\/li><li>Monitor your <strong>free margin<\/strong> and avoid overtrading.<\/li><\/ul><h3><strong>4. Use Stop-Loss Orders<\/strong><\/h3><ul><li>Set <strong>stop-loss levels<\/strong> to protect your account from excessive losses.<\/li><li>This prevents trades from running into deep negative territory.<\/li><\/ul><h3><strong>5. Act Before a Margin Call Hits<\/strong><\/h3><ul><li>If your margin level is low, consider <strong>depositing more funds<\/strong> to support your trades.<\/li><li>Close losing trades early to prevent automatic liquidation by the system.<\/li><\/ul><p>Effective risk management helps maintain control over your account and prevents unnecessary liquidations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To avoid a Margin Call or Stop Out, follow these risk management strategies: 1. Maintain Sufficient Account Balance Ensure your account has enough free margin to sustain open trades. Avoid opening more positions than your account can handle. 2. Manage Leverage Wisely Lower leverage requires enough capital to keep trades open. Higher leverage increases risk, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9546,"menu_order":45,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-10686","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/10686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10686"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/10686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10690,"href":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/10686\/revisions\/10690"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/9546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=10686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}