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Let’s say that your deposit amount equal 3000 USD. Leverage 1:100 on Forex Market allows you to operate the sum that is equal 300 000 units of base currency.

You are awaiting the increase of US currency cost against other main world currencies on Forex Market. And so you make a decision to give away GBP against USD on September, 22, 2005. Though, on the other hand you understand all risk of maximum sum trading and so you sell only 30 000 GBP against USD at 1.8000.

After 12 days, on October, 3, 2005 you make a decision to close your short position and purchase GBP at 1.7540.

This way profit of your Forex market operation equal:

(1.8000-1.7540)*30.000= $1380

The same way, your trading yield equal:

($1380/$3000)*100 = 46% of the initial deposit.

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Let your deposit equal 2000 USD. Leverage 1:100 on Forex Market allows to operate the sum equal 200 000 units of base currency.

You expect decreasing of US currency cost against general world currencies on Forex Market. And decide to sell 50 000 USD against JPY at 111.10 on August, 31, 2005.

A week later you decide to close your short position USD/JPY and buy USD against JPY at 109.15.

Thus, the financial result of this trade on Forex Market equal:

(111.10-109.15)*50,000 = 97,500 JPY, or 97,500/109.15=$893.26

Accordingly, the trading yield equal:

($893.26/$2000)*100 = 44.7%