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Interactive lab 02

Leverage visualizer

Compare how one market move affects the same collateral at different leverage levels.

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The same collateral and market move at six leverage levels.

LeverageExposureP&LReturn on collateralCollateral after move
1×$1,000.00-$20.00-2%
$980.00
2×$2,000.00-$40.00-4%
$960.00
5×$5,000.00-$100.00-10%
$900.00
10×$10,000.00-$200.00-20%
$800.00
20×$20,000.00-$400.00-40%
$600.00
50×$50,000.00-$1,000.00-100%
$0.00

This comparison excludes liquidation. In practice, high-leverage positions can be closed before the simplified collateral balance reaches zero.

How to read this tool

Leverage changes the exposure supported by your collateral. The underlying market still moves by the same percentage; your account-level result changes because the position is larger.

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Method and limits

Read leverage through loss capacity

The visualizer holds collateral constant and changes notional. That isolates leverage’s effect: the same market move creates a larger currency P&L when more exposure is supported by the account.13

A live account’s effective leverage also changes as equity, collateral value, funding, and other positions change. Maximum selectable leverage is not a recommended operating level.23

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Sources and methodology

Source 1 / U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission / accessed 28 July 2026Economic purpose of futures markets and how they workSource 2 / U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission / accessed 28 July 2026Futures market basics and risk guidanceSource 3 / U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission / accessed 28 July 2026Futures market risk guidanceSource 4 / Novrinex / accessed 28 July 2026Calculator assumptions and educational methodology
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