Can you loose more than what you have?

Hi,

This may seem a silly question, but I was trying a very risky strategy (goal: from 1000$ to 100000$in 1 month when I was surprised by a 200+ pip gap which swept my DEMO account and let me with -6300$. If this was a real account what would have happened? Would I be asked for the 6300$?

Thanks,

J Fonseca

Hrm, depends on the broker. Some brokers have a "no negative balance" guarantee where they'd just call your balance 0. But other brokers (and prolly ECNs), would send you a bill. Not a good idea to leave highly leveraged positions running over the weekend.

You must trade with a low trading leverage that way you will be safe. Some people say that you should not trade more than 10% of your account at one time.