Forex Margin Call Price Calculator
Reverse-solve a threshold-equivalent price from entered current equity, used margin, percentage margin-call level and position P/L sensitivity. The result is a constrained single-position scenario—not a broker liquidation forecast, portfolio simulator or substitute for the live account fields in MT4 or MT5.
Enter one percentage-threshold scenario
Copy current equity, used margin and the percentage call level from the same account snapshot. Enter the selected position’s account-currency P/L change for a 1.0 price move.
Linear threshold-equivalent price
Entered Forex Utility Scenarios 1.0.0
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How the margin-call price scenario is reverse-solved
Threshold equity = used margin × entered call level ÷ 100
Equity change to threshold = threshold equity − current equity
Price change = equity change ÷ signed P/L sensitivity
MetaTrader exposes equity, used margin, margin level and broker-set call and stop-out fields separately. This page accepts a percentage call level only; it does not silently treat a money-mode threshold as a percentage.
The position P/L sensitivity is the account-currency change associated with a 1.0 increase in the entered symbol price. It is positive for a long and negative for a short inside the model. The user enters the positive magnitude and selects direction.
For a long position with equity above the threshold, the reverse-solved price is normally below the current price. For a short it is normally above. If current equity is already at or below threshold equity, the displayed value becomes a threshold-equivalent recovery price rather than a future trigger.
The equation holds used margin constant. That can be a useful narrow scenario, but live margin can depend on symbol calculation mode, price, leverage, margin rates, hedged volume, pending orders, account mode and broker configuration.
A negative mathematical threshold price is labeled unreachable at a nonnegative price under the stated linear assumptions. It does not prove that the account cannot receive a call because other positions, financing, margin changes and broker rules remain outside the model.
Worked example from the audited fixture
The audited fixture uses a long position at 1.10000, USD 5,000 current equity, USD 2,000 used margin, a 100% margin-call level and USD 100,000 P/L sensitivity per 1.0 price move.
- Current margin level is 5,000 ÷ 2,000 × 100 = 250%. Threshold equity is 2,000 × 100% = USD 2,000, leaving a USD 3,000 equity buffer.
- The required equity change is −USD 3,000. Dividing by +USD 100,000 per 1.0 price move gives −0.03000, so the threshold-equivalent price is 1.07000.
Reproduce it: select “Load audited example” above. The immutable fixture is recomputed from the disclosed formula rather than copied from a provider result.
How to interpret the result
- Read the current margin level first. The price output only has meaning when equity, used margin, threshold mode and P/L sensitivity come from one coherent snapshot.
- Treat the equity buffer as model distance, not spendable free margin. Free margin, call level and stop-out level are different account fields.
- Verify whether the broker expresses margin call and stop out as percentages or money. This calculator supports percentage mode and rejects no input automatically based on a remembered broker default.
- Recalculate after any price move, deposit, withdrawal, realized trade, swap charge, commission, conversion change, new order, partial close, hedge or leverage adjustment.
- Keep margin call separate from stop out. A call can be a warning or restriction, while forced-close behaviour is broker-server logic that this route does not reproduce.
- Use the Stop-Out Buffer Calculator for an account-threshold snapshot and the Margin Level Calculator for current and planned used-margin arithmetic before interpreting this single-price scenario.
Assumptions and limits
- No MT4 or MT5 terminal, broker server, account, position, order, quote, symbol specification or margin mode is connected.
- Only percentage threshold mode is supported. Money-mode call or stop-out thresholds require a different account-level comparison.
- Used margin is held constant even when the broker calculation can depend on market price, leverage, margin rates, hedged legs or exchange discounts.
- One linear P/L sensitivity represents only the selected position. Other open positions, pending orders, non-linear instruments and changing currency conversion are excluded.
- Spread, commission, swap, financing, gaps, liquidation sequence, negative-balance protection and execution price are not modeled.
- No leverage, margin level, buffer, position size, stop, deposit, broker, strategy or trade is recommended.
Which Batch 50 calculator answers which question?
These pages share a visual shell, not one interchangeable promise. The rebate tool projects entered eligible-volume cashback, the pip tool converts a price distance using explicit units, and the margin-call tool reverse-solves a constrained account-threshold scenario. Keeping these jobs separate prevents a pip distance from becoming money without position context, a rebate from becoming guaranteed savings, or a linear threshold from becoming a liquidation forecast.
| Tool | Primary input | Primary output | Hard boundary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forex Rebate | Entered rate and eligible volume | Cashback and cost-offset projection | No eligibility or payment claim |
| Pip Difference | Two prices plus pip and point sizes | Signed and absolute distance conversion | No monetary P/L |
| Margin Call Price | Account snapshot plus P/L sensitivity | Linear threshold-equivalent price | No liquidation forecast |
Frequently asked questions
- It calculates threshold equity from used margin and an entered percentage call level, then reverse-solves the selected position price that would produce that equity under constant linear assumptions.
- Current margin level equals entered current equity divided by entered used margin, multiplied by 100.
- Enter the positive account-currency P/L change for the selected position when its price rises by 1.0. The calculator applies a positive sign to a long and a negative sign to a short.
- No. It is a threshold-equivalent scenario, not a liquidation forecast. Broker margin modes, other positions, hedges, conversion, changing used margin and forced-close logic are excluded.
- No. Version 1.0.0 supports percentage mode only because MetaTrader allows call and stop-out fields to be expressed either as percentages or money depending on account configuration.
- The page labels the threshold as already met and displays a threshold-equivalent recovery price under the model, not a new future trigger.
- With the entered constant sensitivity, the required adverse move can exceed the current positive price. The page flags that result as unreachable at a nonnegative price without claiming the account cannot receive a call.
- No. The broker exposes separate call and stop-out levels, and forced closing is server logic. This route models one entered call threshold only.
Sources and methodology
- MQL5 Algo Book — Account Margin Settings — Official margin-level equation and explanation of account call and stop-out fields.
- MQL5 — Account Properties — Official definitions for equity, used margin, margin level, percentage-or-money stop-out mode and broker-set thresholds.
- MQL5 Algo Book — Margin Requirements — Official explanation of symbol calculation modes, price-sensitive margin, leverage, hedging and broker margin rates.
Version 1.0.0 performs deterministic local arithmetic and uploads no entered value. Sources define platform fields, common units and the researched calculator intent; they do not verify the user’s inputs or endorse a result.
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