A stop-out is when the system steps in, to automatically close out open trades when your margin drops below a minimum requirement. If the margin on your account drops to or below 20% a stop out will be triggered in order to reduce the exposure on your account and minimise the risk of a negative balance on your account. Once sufficient trades are closed to allow your free margin to increase above this threshold no further trades will be closed. Stop outs are in place to protect clients from negative balances, as without these loses could be infinite. Trades will continue to be closed until the margin % goes back above 20% or until no further trades are left open.


Note: Stop out for Pro and EN clients is 20% and for AU retail it's 50%.