After a gold order is closed, the margin originally occupied by this position no longer needs to be maintained, and the system will release it accordingly. As long as there are no other factors occupying this portion of funds in the account, the available advance payment usually increases accordingly.

Why is the margin being used

Wmax · 威马证券 London Gold adopts a prepayment trading system. When establishing a position, the system occupies the corresponding margin according to the current rules and lot size.

This money has not 'disappeared' from the account, it can only temporarily not be reused to establish other positions.

Why does the available funds increase after closing the position

After the order is completed, the system no longer needs to reserve a deposit for this position, so the originally occupied portion will be released.

However, the final available amount of the account also needs to be combined with the realized profit and loss of this order. If there is a loss from closing the position, although the margin is released, the balance and net value will deduct this loss first; If a profit is generated, the account funds will increase accordingly.

Let me give you a simple example

Assuming the net asset value of the account is $3000, a 1-lot London gold order requires a margin of $1000, without considering other positions for now.

After the order is closed, the $1000 margin occupation is released. If the order ultimately loses $200, the account will not return to its original $3000 status, but will first recognize the realized loss and then look at the new available advance payment.

Why can't we open a new warehouse after placing an order

The most common reasons are several: there are other orders occupying the margin in the account, there are already floating losses that lower the net value, or the margin required for new orders is still higher than the available advance payment.

So when you see 'just closed the position but still prompt insufficient margin', don't just look at the newly released order, first look at the entire account.

Which numbers should be viewed together in the account

The balance tells you the confirmed account funds; Net worth includes the floating profit and loss of open orders; How much of the current storage space is occupied by the prepaid amount; The available prepayment tells you how much space is left.

Looking at these four numbers together is closer to the real account status than looking at the balance alone.

Why is the margin released after closing the position

The margin is used to support the current open positions. Once the order is fully closed, this position no longer needs to occupy the corresponding margin, and the system will recalculate the used and available prepayments. Under normal circumstances, you will see a decrease in used prepayments and an increase in available prepayments.

Assuming the net asset value of the account is $3000 and currently holding 1 lot of London gold, according to the current standard of $1000 per lot, the margin is approximately $1000. If there are no other positions and other factors are ignored, the available advance payment is approximately $2000. After flattening this one lot, the used margin will be reset to zero, and the available advance payment will approach the net asset value of the account again.

Why sometimes the available funds after closing the position do not increase as much as you imagine

When closing the position, the order will be settled together with the actual profit and loss. If this order is in a loss making state, although the margin is released, the net asset value and balance of the account will also decrease due to the realized loss. Therefore, the magnitude of the increase in available prepayments cannot be judged solely by "how much margin has been released".

For example, one lot of gold originally had a margin of $1000, but when closed, it resulted in a loss of $300. The margin is released at $1000, but the account funds decrease by $300 at the same time, so the change in available prepayments after closing the position will not simply be equal to adding $1000.

Why only release a portion of partial liquidation

If only 0.4 lots are tied in one lot, a margin is still required for the remaining 0.6 lots. Based on current standards, it is estimated that 0.6 lots correspond to approximately $600 in margin, and only the corresponding portion of 0.4 lots that have been liquidated will be released.

When there are other gold or silver positions in the account, the system will calculate all open orders together. It is easy to misjudge how much funds can still be used in the entire account by only looking at one order.

Margin release and withdrawal are two different things

An increase in free margin means that the funds available within the account to absorb fluctuations or open new positions has changed; it does not mean that a withdrawal has been completed. Withdrawing funds must still go through the account and deposit/withdrawal procedures.

Some beginners see their free margin rise after closing a position and immediately interpret this as "money earned," when in fact it may simply be margin that was previously tied up being released again. To judge how much a trade actually earned, you still need to look at the realized P/L and the change in balance after the position is closed.

A more reliable way to look at it

After closing a position, check three numbers in order: whether the balance has changed, how much used margin has fallen, and what the free margin is now. This quickly separates what happened with the "trading result" from what happened with the "release of tied-up funds."

Risk warning: Margin parameters may be adjusted according to market conditions. Actual margin requirements and releases are subject to the trading terminal display and the latest trading rules.

平仓后保证金为什么会释放

保证金用于支持当前未平仓仓位。订单一旦完全平仓，这笔仓位不再需要占用对应保证金，系统会重新计算已用预付款和可用预付款。正常情况下，你会看到已用预付款下降，可用预付款上升。

假设账户净值为3000美元，当前持有1手伦敦金，按现行1000美元/手标准，占用保证金约1000美元。如果没有其他仓位，忽略其他因素，可用预付款大致为2000美元。平掉这1手后，已用保证金归零，可用预付款会重新接近账户净值。

为什么有时平仓后可用资金没有你想象中增加那么多

平仓时订单会把实际盈亏一起结算。如果这笔订单处于亏损状态，保证金虽然释放了，但账户净值和余额也会因为已实现亏损下降。因此，可用预付款增加的幅度，不能只用“释放了多少保证金”来判断。

例如1手黄金原本占用1000美元保证金，平仓时实现亏损300美元。保证金释放1000美元，但账户资金同时减少300美元，所以平仓后可用预付款的变化不会简单等于加1000美元。

部分平仓为什么只释放一部分

如果1手只平掉0.4手，剩余0.6手仍需要保证金。按当前标准简单估算，0.6手对应约600美元保证金，只有已平掉的0.4手对应部分得到释放。

账户里还有其他黄金或白银仓位时，系统会把所有未平仓订单一起计算。只看一张订单，很容易误判整个账户还能用多少资金。

保证金释放和出金是两回事

可用预付款增加，表示账户内部可用于承受波动或建立新仓位的资金空间发生变化，并不等于已经完成出金。资金提取还要按照账户和出入金流程处理。

有些新手平仓后看到可用预付款上升，就马上把这部分理解成“赚到的钱”，实际上其中可能只是原来被占用的保证金重新释放。判断交易到底赚了多少，仍要看平仓后的已实现盈亏和余额变化。

更稳妥的看法

平仓后依次看三个数字：余额有没有变化、已用预付款降了多少、可用预付款现在是多少。这样很快就能分清“交易结果”和“资金占用释放”分别发生了什么。

风险提示：保证金参数可能根据市场情况调整。实际占用和释放以交易终端显示及最新交易规则为准。