This has been brought up previously, however I'm still struggling to set the leverage for Forex.
I'm using
SetHoldings(pair1, 1);
to enter and exit trades.
When setting the leverage in AddForex:
AddForex(pair1, Resolution.Hour, Market.FXCM, leverage:10.0M);
or with:
Securities[pair1].SetLeverage(10.0M);
The results seem to be the same.
However, if I use a higher portfolio percentage in SetHoldings my position size is scaled up, but I'm not sure what the interaction is between this and the set leverage.
So my two questions are:
- Do Forex securities still default to a leverage of 50x ? (This was mentioned in a previous discussion), and if so, in which file in the LEAN code is this set ? (To check if this changes in the future)
- How to properly set the leverage for Forex?
Any help would be appreciated :)
(I'm attaching a minimal working example where I'm playing around with this)