Dear Client,
To ensure fair trading conditions and manage market volatility during major economic announcements, VT Markets will apply temporary leverage adjustments on certain trading products during specific news periods and market opening/closing.
This mechanism will be introduced in phases starting from 19 March 2026, with full implementation across all servers and clients by 20 March 2026.
These adjustments are designed to protect clients from abnormal market fluctuations, sudden liquidity changes, and extreme price movements that may occur during high-impact news releases.
1. Products Affected
The temporary leverage adjustment may apply to the following products:
• Forex
• Gold
• Silver
• Oil
• Indices
• Commodities (including XPT and XPD)
2. Adjusted Leverage During News Releases and Market Opening/Closing
During the specified news period, maximum leverage will be adjusted as follows:
Forex: 200
Gold: 200
Silver: 50
Oil: 20
Indices: 50
Commodities: 5
Please note that each product with leverage already below the above will not be affected.
3. News Events That Can Trigger the Adjustment
Leverage adjustments may be applied during major economic announcements including:
• FOMC Interest Rate Decisions
• CPI (Consumer Price Index)
• GDP
• PMI / NMI
• PPI
• Retail Sales
• Non-Farm Payroll (NFP)
• ADP Employment Data
• Crude Oil Inventories
The above data is for reference only. Other significant macroeconomic releases from major economies may also be included.
Please refer to the table below for details of the upcoming events and affected instruments:
All dates and times are stated in GMT+3 (MT4/MT5 server time).
4. Affected Period of News Releases and Market Opening/Closing
Temporary leverage adjustments apply during the following periods:
Economic News Period
• 15 minutes before the announcement
• 5 minutes after the announcement
Market Opening / Closing Period
• 3 hours before the weekly market closing (Friday)
• 30 minutes after market reopening (Monday)
• 30 minutes before daily market closing (Monday – Thursday)
After the above period ends, leverage will automatically return to the original leverage.
5. Important Rules
• The adjustment only affects new positions open during the adjustment period.
• Positions opened before the adjustment period will not be affected.
• Once the adjustment period ends, original leverage will resume automatically.
6. Example Scenarios
Example 1 – Position Opened Before the Adjustment Period
A client opens a Gold position at $3,000 before the news period.
Account leverage: 1:500
Margin required:
3000 × 100 ÷ 500 = $600
Since the position was opened before the news period, the leverage remains unchanged.
Example 2 – Position Opened During the News Period
A client opens a Gold position during the news period.
Leverage is temporarily reduced from 1:500 to 1:200
Margin required:
3000 × 100 ÷ 200 = $1500
Once the news period ends, the leverage setting will revert to the original level.
Example 3 – Product With Lower Default Leverage
A client trades an index product with leverage 1:20.
Since the leverage is already below 1:50, the news-period adjustment does not apply, and margin requirements remain unchanged.
We strongly encourage clients to take these temporary leverage adjustments into account when planning trading strategies during high-impact economic events.
If you have any questions, please contact our support team: info@vtmarkets.com
