difference between Usable Margin and Used Margin

Hi,

I'm a newbie. I've been reading informations here and there and taking lessons for learning basics of the forex market. In the middle of my reading, I came to understand what Usable Margin is, Now what makes me confuse about is the Used Margin.. What is the difference between the two in the first place?

Thanks!

Usable margin = Free Margin.

Used margin is what you have already used. Usable is what you have left to use.

Hope this helps,

Pete

I now get the whole point.

Thanks Turtle Onion and Peter!

I really appreciate the help..

It helped cleared my confusions.. Now i can go along further with my lessons..

Margin differs between brokers. Contact them for a definitive answer.

A good suggestion..

Thank you..

hi folks, i dont want to open a new thread as my question is similar to the one above.

assuming i have a balance of €100 (oanda), 50:1.
now i buy 5.000 units EUR/USD. usable margin = 0.

do i get a margin call? if so, why?

http://fxtrade.oanda.com/analysis/ma...all-calculator

I would check out Pipmutt's link right away, it should provide you with the info you are looking for..

thx, but it actually does not.

the oanda definition isnt the same then the one from babypips, is it?

http://www.babypips.com/school/margi...emplified.html