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What is gearing (or leverage)?
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This enables a customer to trade a position in much larger size than the margin that is deposited with us. eg For an initial deposit of £1,000, a customer can buy or sell £10,000 of a FTSE 100 share (This is 'gearing' or leverage of 10:1).
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