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MT5 Hedging vs Netting Accounts
3:06 · 8 chapters · Forex lessons, part 89
What you'll learn
Netting keeps one position per symbol; hedging keeps every trade separate. Here's how each handles your orders, stops and margin in MT5.
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- Key point 1
- What netting and hedging accounts do with new orders
- Key point 2
- How stops, targets and Close By work in each system
- Key point 3
- Why hedged margin can suddenly reduce free margin
- Key point 4
- Why US accounts follow first-in, first-out rules
- Key point 5
- How to tell which system your MT5 account uses
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