Precision Risk Control
Granularity by exposure allows you to curb tail risk without penalizing small exposures.
Essentials for Brokers
Tiered Margin: Exposure-Based Leverage Control
Tiered Margin introduces stepped (tiered) maximum leverage caps per market based on a trader’s current open net notional exposure.
As exposure grows, allowable leverage steps down to reduce risk. Up to 10 tiers can be configured per market, and the effective dynamic leverage for an account is dynamically overridden by the tier table as exposure crosses thresholds.
Key Features
How it works
Implementation and Restrictions
Scope, exposure metric, tier evaluation, exposure decrease, risk and margin, UI and transparency.
Scope
Applicable to margin markets only (CFD and Perpetual Futures). SPOT is not affected.
- Tiers can be defined per market or market group.
- Max 10 tiers.
Opportunities of usage
Precision Risk Control at Every Exposure Level
Better Capital Efficiency
Lower-risk/smaller positions can access higher leverage; large books automatically step down.
Sales Leverage
Publish clear, rules-based leverage schedules to attract professional B2B clients needing predictability.
Operational Stability
Reduces sudden margin shocks by codifying predictable step-downs as exposure grows.
Reduced Disputes
Public tiers set expectations; fewer manual exceptions via Dealing Desk.
Competitive Positioning
Matches or exceeds competitor sophistication in margin policy.
FAQ
Up to 10 tiers. Each tier has a net notional threshold (in RAT) and an integer dynamic leverage.
Margin markets only — CFD and Perpetual Futures. SPOT trading is not affected by tiered margin rules.
For netting accounts, net notional is Net position size (lots) × Lot size × Current price × Rate to RAT, where net position equals long volume minus short volume for the instrument.
The tier’s Dynamic leverage becomes the effective leverage ceiling for that market and account at the current exposure — it dynamically overrides the usual maximum as exposure crosses tier thresholds.
When placing or modifying an order, the system recomputes post-trade notional and selects the corresponding tier. The tier’s dynamic leverage then applies as the ceiling for that market at the new exposure level.
Yes. The full tier table — thresholds in RAT and corresponding dynamic leverage — is visible to traders for each market.
The “Use only Dynamic leverage” setting is not involved in tier evaluation; traders can select any leverage from 1:1 up to the tier cap. If your operation requires forcing the maximum, set that via your broader Dynamic Leverage policy outside TIER — the tier cap still applies as the ceiling.
If the tier cap tightens due to exposure growth, new orders may be rejected if margin is insufficient under the new cap. Existing positions are not forcibly re-margined; risk checks apply to new orders.
For hedging accounts, exposure is measured as MAX(SUM Notional Longs, SUM Notional Shorts) — the greater of total long or short notional determines the applicable tier.
Tiers are configured per market or market group in B2TRADER Admin. All accounts trading that market inherit the same tier table — schedules apply at market scope rather than per individual client.
No. Only open positions are counted when evaluating exposure and selecting the applicable tier; pending orders are excluded.
Yes. If notional drops below a lower tier threshold, subsequent order increases can use the higher dynamic leverage cap of that lower-exposure tier.
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