MentFunding cuts leverage on gold, indices and oil, citing 2026 volatility.

Leverage cut on gold, indices and oil, with no end date attached.

MentFunding has reduced leverage limits on gold, indices and oil, citing unusually high volatility across 2026. The firm frames the move as a way to align risk exposure with current market conditions rather than a permanent change to its terms.

The new ratios, and the volatility data behind them.

• ✓Gold (XAUUSD): leverage reduced to 5:1.
• ✓Indices: leverage reduced to 5:1.
• ✓Oil: leverage reduced to 1:1.
• ✓MentFunding says roughly one in five trading days in 2026 has seen an intraday range of 3% or more on gold, 1.5 to 2 times normal volatility levels.
• ✓The firm states it has not refused a single payout since 2021, including on breached accounts, and links these leverage limits directly to protecting that record.
• ✓No end date is set. MentFunding says it monitors these instruments daily and will restore previous leverage once volatility conditions allow.

What the leverage looked like before, and how long this actually lasts.

The announcement does not state what leverage applied to these instruments before this change, so the size of the reduction isn't fully quantifiable from the announcement alone. With no fixed end date, "temporary" here means open-ended rather than time-boxed, so traders positioned in gold, indices or oil should check MentFunding's live terms directly rather than assuming a return to prior leverage on any particular timeline.

The second time this year MentFunding has cut leverage for the same reason.

This is not MentFunding's first volatility-driven leverage cut in 2026: the firm reduced leverage on CFD metals and indices to 5:1 back in March, in a similarly framed, open-ended adjustment. Firms citing payout reliability as the reason for tightening leverage is a meaningful signal in itself, it suggests MentFunding is treating elevated volatility in these instruments as a genuine risk to account-holder payouts rather than a routine housekeeping change.

Watching for when leverage is restored.

Worth watching: MentFunding's own daily monitoring update, since the firm has committed to restoring previous leverage levels once volatility on gold, indices and oil returns to more typical ranges.

Comparing risk terms across firms.

Leverage limits on volatile instruments vary by firm and can change quickly during high-volatility periods. It is worth comparing MentFunding's terms against an established alternative.

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