{"id":1675,"date":"2026-01-30T12:58:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ftmo.com\/au\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=1675"},"modified":"2026-03-12T10:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T10:41:09","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-balance-and-equity","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/ftmo.com\/au\/faq\/what-is-the-difference-between-balance-and-equity\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between Balance and Equity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Balance<\/strong> represents the realized value of your account and changes only when a trade is closed or when a deposit or withdrawal is processed.<\/p>\n<p>It is calculated as:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Balance = deposit \u2212 withdrawals + realized total net profit and loss<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Open (unrealized) positions do not affect the Balance.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Equity<\/strong> represents the real-time value of your account and reflects its current value including open positions.<\/p>\n<p>It is calculated as:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Equity = Balance + unrealized net profit and loss<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Equity fluctuates continuously based on the profit or loss of open trades.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Why is the difference important?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Balance<\/strong> reflects results from closed trades only<\/li>\n<li><strong>Equity<\/strong> reflects the actual current value of the account<\/li>\n<li>Risk rules such as <strong>Maximum Loss<\/strong> and <strong>Maximum Daily Loss<\/strong> are evaluated based on <strong>Equity<\/strong>, not Balance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"faq-category":[5],"class_list":["post-1675","faq","type-faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","faq-category-new-with-ftmo"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.3 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is the difference between Balance and Equity? | FTMO Australia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ftmo.com\/au\/faq\/what-is-the-difference-between-balance-and-equity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is the difference between Balance and Equity?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Balance represents the realized value of your account and changes only when a trade is closed or when a deposit or withdrawal is processed. 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