Pip value calculator
Work out 1 pip in account currency from lot size, contract size, and your own conversion rate when needed.
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Pips, lots, spreads, margin, and leverage — plus market hours and order types. Read the idea, then run the number yourself.
Core terms
Core forex terms
Start with the unit of price, the unit of size, and the cost of holding a position.
What is a pip?
The usual small step in a pair’s quoted price.
What is a lot?
A size unit. One standard lot is 100,000 units of the base currency on FX.
Spread
The gap between bid and ask. It is a cost you pay to get in and out.
Margin
Collateral set aside so a leveraged position can stay open.
Leverage
How large a position is relative to the margin you post.
Forex trading hours
Weekday sessions and the overlaps that usually add liquidity.
Essential guides
Short pages that answer one search question, then point to the matching calculator.
Pips and lots
What is a pip in forex?
How a pip is counted on most pairs and on JPY quotes.
Pips and lots
How pip value is calculated
Quote-currency pip value first, then convert only if the account differs.
Margin and risk
What is margin?
Required margin versus used and free margin.
Margin and risk
Leverage and margin
The same position can be described as a ratio or as cash set aside.
Costs
What is the spread?
Bid–ask as a trading cost, not a fee line on its own.
Orders
Market, limit, and stop orders
When an order is meant to fill now, wait, or trigger.
Tools
Forex calculators
These pages do arithmetic from the inputs you provide. They are not a live rate feed.
Margin calculator
Work out required margin from lot size, leverage, and a base-to-account rate you enter when needed.
Position size calculator
Work out a risk-based lot size from account balance, risk %, stop-loss pips, and pip value.
Sessions
When the forex market is open
Sydney, Tokyo, London, and New York overlap. Use this to read hours — not to guess the next tick.
Market hours and pairsBrokers
Broker information
Read how account types and platforms are described, then confirm live terms on the official site.
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Forex Guides
Plain explanations of the terms that show up in a trading platform and in search: pip, lot, spread, margin, and more.
Markets
Forex sessions, market hours, and how currency pairs are built. No live quotes on this page.
Calculators
Pip value, required margin, and position size. You enter the rates; the page does not fetch prices.
Brokers
Review forex and CFD broker platforms, account types, trading costs and core services.