What is Negative Balance Protection?
Last updated: 12 August 2026
Retail clients of etoro have a right to negative balance protection if your investment account’s portfolio value becomes negative.
Very sudden price movements could cause your portfolio value to become negative when you trade CFDs.
If this occurs, the CFD trades in your account are liquidated. We will review your portfolio value to check if it’s still negative after all your trades have closed. If your account is eligible, we will absorb the loss and reset your portfolio value to zero. You will then be able to deposit more funds and continue investing as normal.
Important note: It is possible for your ‘Cash Available’ balance to be negative when all your funds are invested in open positions and overnight fees have been deducted, or you have incurred trading losses. Negative balance protection does not apply in these cases if your portfolio value remains positive.
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