{"id":11598,"date":"2015-02-17T04:39:30","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T04:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/?p=11598"},"modified":"2015-06-01T05:07:25","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T05:07:25","slug":"change-in-leverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/change-in-leverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Change in Leverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<b>Dear Traders,<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAs a result of the recent decision on the 15th of January, 2015 by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to remove the peg on the EUR\/CHF pair the market in general has expressed concerns regarding the stability of other pegged currencies.<\/p>\n<p>\tIn order to protect our clients and mitigate their exposure to unnecessary volatility, we have decided to increase the margin requirements in the following exotic pairs. The margin changes will take effect at 12:00 platform time on Monday the <font color=\"#39b01e\"><b>23rd of February, 2015<\/b><\/font>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis change will impact all clients with existing open positions.\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top:0px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px; line-height:100%; text-align:center; color:#195d93;\">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" class=\"banner\" src=\"http:\/\/icmarkets.com.au\/newsletter\/761\/margin.png\" style=\"display: block; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px;\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\tWe recommend that you review you existing open positions or deposit additional funds to ensure that your account is not subject to liquidation once the margin change occurs.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIf you have any questions or require any assistance, please contact one of our support team members via <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.livechatinc.com\/licence\/1605601\/open_chat.cgi?groups=0\" target=\"blank\"><font 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