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Balance

The balance is the money in your trading account without counting open positions: deposits, minus withdrawals, plus or minus closed trades and charges. It changes only when a position is closed or money moves in or out.

Also called: account balance, cash balance

Hypothetical example

Hypothetically, you deposit $1,000 and close one trade with a $100 gain and another with a $60 loss: your balance is $1,040.

Used in these guides

Costs & risk8 min read
Margin call and stop out: how they work
How margin level is calculated, when a margin call or a stop out happens, and what each one does to your open positions.

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