Vest Markets adds leverage limits around US data releases

Vest Markets changed two leverage rules on its Vest Capital accounts in early November.

Its docs, updated on 7 November, add temporary leverage limits around major US economic releases.

• The window runs from 5 minutes before to 1 minute after Nonfarm Payrolls, CPI, PPI and FOMC releases.
• Index perps and all FX pairs drop to 5x, and gold and silver to 3x.
• A single stock is limited to 1x around its own earnings release.
• The weekend limit now starts at 4:10 PM ET on Friday, not 4:00 PM.

Positions more than 2% above a limit are reduced, unless an account not in drawdown covers the new margin. On an account more than 1% below its starting capital, those positions close in full.

On 4 November, silver leverage on funded accounts rose from 5x to 15x. The full rules for every plan are on the Vest Markets firm page.