OANDA Japan Cuts MT4 Leverage to 10x, Forces MT5 Transfer for Low-Margin Accounts

OANDA Securities, the Japanese arm of the FTMO-owned global broker, will more than double margin requirements on its Tokyo server MetaTrader 4 platform from June 12, 2026, cutting available leverage well below the 25:1 cap permitted under Japanese rules and force-transferring accounts with weak margin coverage to MetaTrader 5. Two customer notices setting out the changes also detail a separate overhaul of how required margin is calculated on Tokyo platforms, taking effect from June 6. The moves slot between OANDA's March announcement that it will shut MT4 entirely on November 27 and the planned September halt to new ...