Instaforex Trader/Client Cabinet / Trader Account Settings / Personal Information

The following table is an History of change example for Personal Information. On this table you can keep track of the Current Value for your Personal Data. You can see a few table columns: «Type», «Time», «Previous Value», «Current Value».

«Type» is a column for the title of Personal Data. «Time» is a column for the date and time of change. «Previous Value» is a column for Previous Value of Personal Data. «Current Value» is a column for Current Value of Personal Data.

Attention! By reducing the leverage, you will have your margin increased for currently opened positions; if the leverage is increased however, your margin will be lowered. Remember that decrease of the trading leverage may drive to the automatic position closest!

Leverage - is the ratio between the amount of the margin and the borrowed funds allocated for it. InstaForex broker provides the list of leverage ratio from 1:1 to 1:1000. The leverage of 1:600 that is the maximum leverage ratio for a trading account balance more than 1000 USD. For example, the leverage of 1:500 means that to be able to execute a trade you should have a trading account with the broker 500 times less than the transaction sum.

How to Change Leverage: Use the following form to Change Leverage. You can see your current leverage, and after that choose new leverage from the list and press the button «Save». [Press the button «Close» to Cancel]. Further, You have to log in to your account by InstaForex trading platform InstaTrader to complete the entry into force of the new leverage. So, In the top menu of your trading platform, please choose «File» «Login» and enter the data: the number, the trader’s password and the server for your trading account. After that you can see the new leverage ratio by InstaForex trading platform InstaTrader and also by «History of changes».

You may Change Leverage, using appropriate Form by link in the top menu of Trader Cabinet:
Trader Cabinet: Account Settings / Personal Information

Trader's Password is a code word intended for log in to Trader Cabinet and trading account by InstaForex trading platform such as InstaTrader for PCs, for mobile devices, for trading via browser or WebTrader. Trader's Password should be 8-12 symbols. Create trader's password by only latin symbols and digits.

You may Change Trader's Password, using appropriate Form by link in the top menu of Trader Cabinet:
Trader Cabinet: Account Settings / Personal Information

Investor's Password is a code word intended for log in to Trader Cabinet for Demo account and log in to trading account by InstaTrader trading platform for different devices. Investor's Password should be more than 8 symbols and less than 12 symbols. Use only latin symbols and digits.

You may Change Investor's Password, using appropriate Form by link in the top menu of Trader Cabinet:
Trader Cabinet: Account Settings / Personal Information

Swap is the money either deducted from or credited to the trader account for drawing an open position overnight.

The Swap-free account services are intended for traders who use trading systems that do not take into account the impact of swaps or those traders who can not use swaps owing to their religious beliefs. This determines the secondary name of this type of accounts: «Islamic accounts».

In transition to the swap-free system, all the remaining trading terms and conditions of Standard or Eurica-type accounts remain intact. When performing deals using the swap-free account for any currency pair, in transiting the position over midnight the trader does not gain or lose any amount, regardless of the position volume. Even holding on the deal for a long time, the trader can be sure that only the conduct of the exchange rate for the set time interval will affect the result of the deal.

Swap-free option can be chosen while trading account registration. For addition, this option to already opened trading account it is necessary to contact support department. To convert your trading account to a swap-free account you must accept the "Agreement on the Granting of Accounts without Swaps".

BUY-Swap / SELL-Swap: See сontract specification charts, including spreads, fees, and swaps (BUY-Swap/SELL-Swap) for each account type by section Trading Conditions / Trading Instruments

You may activate or deactivate Swap Free, using appropriate Form by Trader Cabinet section:
Trader Cabinet: Account Settings / Personal Information