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Pip Calculator

What one pip is worth on the pair and size you are trading.

Inputs it asks for
Pair type choose
Price (for JPY pip value) value
Position size, lots value
Formula shown · assumptions disclosed

What it computes

What one pip is worth on the pair and size you are trading. The page states the equation, the units it expects and the rounding it applies, so the result can be reproduced by hand.

Where it sits in the chain

A calculator gives you a number. This one feeds the next: account to risk, risk to position size, position size to the trade, and the trade to expectancy, drawdown and risk of ruin.

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Inputs
Result
Pip value, per standard lot $10.00
Pip value at your size $10.00
10 pips at your size $100.00
USD-quoted pairs: a pip is 0.0001, worth $10 per standard lot.
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The formula

USD-quoted : pip value = $10 per standard lot
JPY-quoted : pip value = 1,000 ÷ price per standard lot

A pip is the fourth decimal place on most pairs and the second on JPY-quoted ones. The value follows from the contract size: 100,000 × 0.0001 = $10.

Worked example

One standard lot of a USD-quoted pair, and one of USD/JPY at 156.20:

EURUSD : 100,000 × 0.0001 = $10.00 per pip
USDJPY : 100,000 × 0.01 ÷ 156.20 = $6.40 per pip

What it assumes

  • Pip values are quoted in USD. If your account is in another currency, convert at the current rate.
  • The JPY figure moves with the price, so it is only correct at the rate entered.
  • Fractional pips (the fifth decimal) are a tenth of these values.

Common questions

What is a pip worth?

On a USD-quoted pair, $10 per standard lot, $1 per mini and $0.10 per micro. On JPY-quoted pairs it depends on the rate, around $6 to $7 per standard lot at recent levels.

Why is a JPY pip different?

Because a pip there is 0.01 rather than 0.0001, and the quote is in yen, so the dollar value has to be divided by the current rate.

What is a pipette?

A tenth of a pip — the fifth decimal place on most pairs, the third on JPY-quoted ones. Brokers quote them for finer pricing; the value is a tenth of the pip value.

What to work out next

A calculator answers one question and raises the next. These are the ones this figure feeds into.

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