What happens when EXANTE margin-calls you
Leverage is not what ruins an account — the forced sale at the bottom is. This page records what EXANTE is contractually allowed to do to your positions, taken from the document EXT Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC 165/12) publishes, not from marketing copy.
Who and what this policy covers
Governs EXT Ltd only. EXANTE operates two other legal entities — XNT Ltd and LHCM Ltd — under separate regulatory authorisations, whose margin and liquidation terms have not been checked in this pass and may differ.
“EXT or the Counterparty may change Margin requirements at any time and EXT is not required to provide you with advance written notice. Provided that, however, and notwithstanding any demand for additional Margin, EXT or the Counterparty may at any time proceed to liquidate Open Positions in accordance with the Transaction Documentation.”
Does EXANTE warn you before closing your positions?
No. EXT Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC 165/12) liquidates positions in real time once the account falls short, without a margin call and without giving you a chance to add funds or choose what gets sold.
Can you lose more than you deposited with EXANTE?
Not as a retail client of EXT Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC 165/12) — negative balance protection caps your loss at the account balance. That protection is tied to retail classification: if you ask to be reclassified as a professional client, it goes away.
One qualification: EXT Ltd's Risk Disclosure states the protection conditionally: it applies to retail clients “under certain circumstances”, and then only “if so provided by the competent financial market supervisory authority within national product intervention measures”. It is not written as an unconditional guarantee covering everything in the account.
Verified 2026-08-31 · Source document
Frequently asked questions
Does EXANTE warn you before closing your positions?
Can you lose more than you deposited with EXANTE?
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