There are some brokers who can provide 1:500 leverage, so people who are interested in investing in forex can start up with a small capital.
The risk are more or less the same if you are going to start with a higher capital. If your start up capital reach certain boundry then the there will be lesser leverage given to u, i.e. If you have made a deposit of 100k USD, u can no longer trade with 0.01 lot, you have to trade with 10.00 lot.
There's nothing wrong with opening an account using 100 dollars. But will you want to slowly grow your account given that your return is roughly 10% monthly which is 10$ per month? Or trade with a 10,000 account and gain 1000$ per month?
That is entirely up to your interest in forex. For educational purpose or take a chance.
Also, the market is extremely volatile. Some broker only provides smaller pips for the currency pair (price movement of 0.00001) or larger pips (0.0001 price movement) but the catch is that the larger pips brokers often do not provide big leverage, which means your lot size have to increase for each trade, so ur account will burn out faster with ur 100$. So choose ur broker wisely and know what type of account they are providing.
If u r going to open an account, dont bother ur broker who keep asking u to deposit more $$. U must maintain ur status quo, or else u will burn ur $$ faster.
Have a good read.
http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/06...andpipvalue.aspThanks for the link and good explanation.
I have another question, say I have an open position 0.1 lot with leverage 200, broker will reserve $50 as margin. My initial equity is $200 and after the position opened my equity balance will become $150. If the market moves against me 150pips, (0.1 lot 1pip worth usd 1), my position will be closed with $150 loss and my account will be left with $50, is my assumption correct?