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The five ideas that explain your account, in ten minutes.

Short interactive lessons. Move the sliders, see what changes. No jargon left unexplained.

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Lesson 1

Balance vs equity

Balance is the money in your account from closed trades. Equity is your balance plus or minus what your open trades would make if you closed them right now.

Balance
$1,000
Equity
$1,000

Move the slider: balance stays put while the trade is open.

Lesson 2

Why your account and Atlas's are never identical

Your copy is sized to your balance, then rounded to the broker's 0.01-lot steps. Small accounts get rounded more, and copies below 0.01 lots can't be placed at all.

Exact share0.015
Your copy0.01
Size vs exact−33%

Lesson 3

How the fee is worked out: the high-water mark

The fee is a share of profit above your account's previous best. After a loss, you make it back first, fee-free. Tap the months.

Tap a month to see its fee.

Lesson 4

Drawdown and recovery

A drawdown is a dip from a high. Losses and gains aren't symmetrical: after a 20% dip you need a 25% gain to get back.

Dip−20%
Gain to recover+25%

Lesson 5

Margin and free margin

Open trades lock up some money as margin. What's left is free margin, which new copies need. If equity falls too low compared with margin, the broker closes trades (a stop-out).

Free margin$800
Margin level500%
StatusHealthy

Many brokers stop out around a 50% margin level; check your broker's exact rule. Withdrawing with trades open lowers equity, so leave room.

Lesson 6

Quick quiz

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