Exposure
a.k.a. Market exposure
The amount of money you have at risk in a market, position or currency.
In plain English
The amount of money you have at risk in a market, position or currency.
Exposure is how much you could gain or lose if prices move. A standard lot of EUR/USD is about 100,000 euros of exposure, even if you only posted a little margin.
Think in exposure, not margin, and leverage stops being invisible. See also currency exposure.
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