US, learning it from China, to tighten up currency trading# Stock
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has proposed rules that would
reduce the amount of borrowed funds that retail investors can use when
investing in the U.S. foreign-exchange market to as much as 10-to-1, from
the existing 100-to-1 for major currencies.
Under current rules, a customer putting up a security deposit of $1,000 in
cash will be able to trade a notional amount of $100,000, a common contract
size for currencies such as the dollar and the Japanese yen. The new rule
would cap that
reduce the amount of borrowed funds that retail investors can use when
investing in the U.S. foreign-exchange market to as much as 10-to-1, from
the existing 100-to-1 for major currencies.
Under current rules, a customer putting up a security deposit of $1,000 in
cash will be able to trade a notional amount of $100,000, a common contract
size for currencies such as the dollar and the Japanese yen. The new rule
would cap that