Malaysia — Lot size, margin and the 100-lot ceiling at TopFX
Position sizing is identical across Growth, Zero and Pro — what changes with the symbol is leverage, and with it the margin a Malaysian trader has to post.
Open TopFX Account →At TopFX 1 lot equals 100,000 units, the minimum trade is 0.01 lots (1,000 units) with a 0.01 step, and one position is capped at 100 standard lots. Account pages state Margin Call at 50% and Stop Out at 20%, but clause 11.24 of the Terms of Business gives different numbers, with closing possible from a margin level of 60% or below and automatic close-out at 35% or below on MT4 and MT5 and 30% or below on cTrader, so the broker's own sources disagree.
The numbers that decide your position size
Sizing is identical on Growth, Zero and Pro: 1 lot equals 100,000 units, the minimum trade is 0.01 lots with a 0.01 step, and one position is capped at 100 standard lots. Leverage is set per symbol, at 1:2000 on EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY, USDCAD, EURGBP and EURJPY, 1:1000 on AUDUSD, NZDUSD, AUDCAD, AUDJPY, AUDNZD, CADJPY, EURAUD, EURCAD, EURNZD, GBPAUD, GBPCAD, GBPJPY and GBPNZD, and 1:500 on CHF pairs and exotics, where spreads run wide - USDMXN from 22.9, USDZAR from 19.4. ToB 11.23 lets the company cut the ceiling to 1:100 every Friday between 21:00 and 24:00 server time, which on the EET clock the broker publishes elsewhere is about 03:00-06:00 Saturday MYT in winter, an hour earlier under EEST. Negative balance protection is applied per client under 17.4.
- One standard lot is 100,000 units; the smallest order TopFX accepts is 0.01 lots (1,000 units), volume moves in 0.01 steps, and the ceiling is 100 standard lots - 10,000,000 units - per position, so larger exposure has to be split across several positions rather than placed in one order.
- Pip value follows from the contract size, not from a broker table: a 0.0001 price move is worth 10 units of the quote currency on 1.00 lot and 0.10 units on the 0.01 minimum, and it scales linearly for every step in between.
- Spread cost scales with the same multiplier. EUR/USD minimums are 1.2 pips on Growth, 0.5 on Pro and 0.0 on Zero, so one standard lot opens 12 quote-currency units behind the market on Growth and 5 on Pro; XAU/USD minimums are 0.24 on Growth, 0.13 on Pro and 0.04 on Zero.
- Zero shows a 0.0 minimum on all 40 forex pairs in the table but charges commission on forex, and that rate is not published on the current TopFX site - the site JSON carries commission 0, while an archived page from 19.05.2025 quotes 2.75 USD per side per lot for the older RAW account. Per-lot cost on Zero therefore cannot be calculated from what is published today; Growth and Pro carry no commission on forex.
- Margin per lot depends on the symbol rather than on the account type. EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, USD/CAD, EUR/GBP and EUR/JPY go up to 1:2000, so at that cap 100,000 units of exposure sit on 50 units of margin - the schedule for these pairs is listed as dynamic rather than flat, so the cap is the top of the range and not a fixed rate at every volume; AUD/USD, NZD/USD and 11 further crosses reach 1:1000; CHF pairs and exotics 1:500; XAU/USD 1:200 flat; XAG/USD 1:10; energies 1:10 flat.
- Terms of Business 11.23 states that every Friday between 21:00 and 24:00 server time the company has the discretionary right to set maximum leverage at 1:100 for opening a new position, so a lot opened in that window can demand far more margin than the same lot midweek. Forex hours run 00:01 EET Monday to 23:59 EET Friday, which in Malaysia (MYT = UTC+8) is 06:01 Monday to 05:59 Saturday during EET winter.
- Close-out levels are stated twice and the two statements do not match: the TopFX account pages give Margin Call 50% and Stop Out 20%, while Terms of Business 11.24 says a margin level at or below 60% may start closing positions, with automatic close-out at 35% on MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 and 30% on cTrader. Until the broker reconciles them, size positions against the stricter set.
- Malaysian clients are served by TopFX Markets Limited (BVI, company no. 2116078, FSC licence SIBA/L/23/1161), and account currencies are USD and EUR only. A check on 2026-09-04 of the deposit and withdrawal method files ( and ) returned zero occurrences of MYR, FPX, DuitNow, Touch 'n Go, Boost, GrabPay or ShopeePay, so ringgit is converted before it becomes margin and every lot is sized in a foreign currency; the smallest card or e-wallet deposit is 50 EUR or equivalent, SEPA 100 EUR and SWIFT 100 USD.
- Negative balance protection is stated as losses are capped at the amount deposited, and Terms of Business 17.4 applies it per client rather than per account, which matters when the 100-lot ceiling is reached across several positions at once.
Minimum trade size and maximum leverage by asset class at TopFX
| Asset class (instruments in the table) | Minimum size and step | Maximum leverage per symbol |
|---|---|---|
| Forex, top leverage tier - EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, USD/CAD, EUR/GBP, EUR/JPY | 0.01 lots, 0.01 step; 1 lot = 100,000 units; 100 lots max per position | 1:2000, dynamic |
| Forex - AUD/USD, NZD/USD and 11 further crosses (AUD/CAD, AUD/JPY, AUD/NZD, CAD/JPY, EUR/AUD, EUR/CAD, EUR/NZD, GBP/AUD, GBP/CAD, GBP/JPY, GBP/NZD) | 0.01 lots, 0.01 step | 1:1000, dynamic |
| Forex - all CHF pairs and exotics (USD/MXN spread 22.9, USD/ZAR 19.4, EUR/MXN 26, EUR/PLN 17.8, USD/HUF 15.08) | 0.01 lots, 0.01 step | 1:500, dynamic |
| Metals - 5 symbols (XAU/USD, XAU/EUR, XAG/USD, XPT/USD, XPD/USD) | 0.01 lots, 0.01 step | XAU/USD 1:200 flat; XAU/EUR 1:100; XAG/USD 1:10 dynamic; XPT/USD and XPD/USD 1:20 |
| Indices - 14 to 15 CFDs (GERMANY 40 spread 1, US 500 spread 0.4, US TECH 100 spread 1.2, JAPAN 225 spread 4) | 0.01 lots, 0.01 step | mostly 1:200 |
| Energies - 3 (WTI, BRENT, NAT.GAS) | 0.01 lots, 0.01 step | 1:10, flat |
| Synthetic Indices - 8, cTrader only, 24/7 (Boom300 spread 1.29, Crash300 1.24, BoomX 4.47) | 0.01 lots, 0.01 step | 1:500 |
Gold keeps its own session and its own leverage. XAU/USD starts at 0.24 on Growth, 0.13 on Pro and 0.04 on Zero, where commission is charged on forex and the current rate is nowhere published on the site; an archived page from 19.05.2025 quoted $2.75 per side per lot for the older RAW account. The symbol opens 1:01:00 and closes 23:57:00 in server time, which for Malaysia means gold begins near 07:01 Monday MYT and stops around 05:57 Saturday MYT in winter. Leverage is XAUUSD 1:200 Flat, XAUEUR 1:100, XAGUSD 1:10 Dynamic, XPTUSD and XPDUSD 1:20. Metals total 5 symbols, carried on MT4 and cTrader.
Neither term is broker-specific: a lot is the standard contract unit across the market, and leverage works the same way wherever it is offered — it multiplies losses exactly as it multiplies gains, which is why the disclosed figure of 85.19% of losing retail accounts belongs next to any leverage table.