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What are the margin call and stop-out levels?

Margin call and stop out levels on Pips Markets TradeLocker and how they compare to MT5.

Updated over 3 weeks ago

On Pips Markets TradeLocker accounts, the levels are:

  • Margin Call: 100%

  • Stop Out: 150%

TradeLocker uses the following check for stop out: Maintenance Margin / Equity

=> Maintenance Margin / Equity must always be <150% to avoid a Stop Out.


TradeLocker’s stop-out logic is the inverse of the MT5 logic.
For better understanding, let’s compare it to the standard MT5 calculation:

  • TradeLocker uses the formula:
    Maintenance Margin / Equity

  • MT5 uses the formula:
    Equity / Maintenance Margin

Because these formulas are inverses of each other, the stop-out levels look different but represent the same risk threshold.

That’s why:

  • MT5: 100% Margin Call / 66.67% Stop-out

  • TradeLocker: 100% Margin Call / 150% Stop-out

Both indicate the same situation in your account – they are just expressed using opposite ratios.

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