Calculating the Pip Value for Different Forex Pairs

• The value of a pip Value in foreign exchange (forex) trading often needs to be understood. In most currency pairings, the fourth decimal place is where you’ll find the value of a pip, the unit of currency movement. For example, a one-pip shift would be if the EUR/USD exchange rate changed from 1.1015 to 1.1016. Due to the fact that many brokers provide fractional pip pricing, you may come across prices such as 1.10165 that include a fifth decimal point. In this case, the number 5 stands for five-tenths of a pip.
• The amount of gain or loss a single pip of movement in a currency pair generates depends on the pair’s base currency and the currency used to finance the trading account. The value of a pip impacts the level of danger involved. With an accurate understanding of a pip’s value, traders can avoid betting too much or too little on any transaction.

How to Determine the Value of a Pip When Trading in a USD Account

• U.S. dollars are involved in the most actively traded currency pairings globally (USD). When the U.S. dollar is the second currency in a pair, pip values remain constant regardless of the account currency.
• These are the constant pip values:
• A standard lot, equal to one hundred thousand dollars worth, costs ten dollars.
• For the low price of $1 USD, you may purchase one mini lot (or 10,000 units of cash).
• A micro-lot, or one thousand dollars worth, costs just $0.10.
• A nano lot equals 100 units of money and costs USD 0.01.
• Euro/U.S. Dollar (EUR/USD), Pound/U.S. Dollar (GBP/USD), Australian Dollar/U.S. Dollar (AUD/USD), and New Zealand Dollar/U.S. Dollar (NZD/USD) all use these pip values with the USD indicated as the second currency.
• In the second case, divide the above pip values by the USD/XXX rate.
• When trading in U.S. dollars (USD), a typical lot of U.S. dollars (USD) against Canadian dollars (CAD) would have a pip value of $10 (USD / CAD). For example, at a USD/CAD exchange rate of 1.34105, one standard lot pip is worth $7.46 (or $10 minus $0.90).

Pip Value Calculation for a Non-USD Account

• The pip values are always the same when the account’s funding currency is the second currency in a pair.
• Any pair denominated in Canadian dollars (CAD), such as the US dollar (USD) against the Canadian dollar (CAD), will have a set pip value. For example, the minor lot is worth 0.10 Canadian dollars, while the largest is 10,000 Canadian dollars.
• When the Canadian Dollar (CAD) is shown first, the value of a pip may be calculated by dividing the set pip rate by the exchange rate. For clarity, let’s say that the current exchange rate between the Canadian dollar and the Swiss franc (CAD/CHF) is 0.70347; at this rate, one pip would be worth $1.42% of a mini lot ($1 divided by 0.70347).
• Multiply the result by dividing the exchange rate by 100 if the pair contains the Japanese yen (JPY), as in CAD/JPY. To explain, a pip is the second position after the decimal (0.01) in the yen, not the fourth (0.0001).
• To calculate the standard pip value of the CAD/JPY exchange rate of 79.941, for instance, divide CAD$10 by 79.941, then multiply the result by 100 to get a CAD$12.51 pip value.
• You may repeat this procedure with any of your account currencies to see the resulting pip values for currency pairings that use those currencies.

Pip Value for Other Currency Pairs

• Your account currency may not be included in all currency pairings. For example, you may wish to trade the EUR/GBP pair, but your main account is in US dollars. Find out how much a pip is worth in pairings that don’t contain the currency of your trading account.
• You can always depend on the second currency for a constant amount if you have a second currency account.
• As was said previously, for a standard lot of EUR/GBP, one pip is worth GBP10. After that, you must change £10 into your local currency. To convert GBP 10 to USD, divide the sum by the current USD/GBP exchange rate. At a rate of 0.77025, one pip equals USD 12.98.
• For example, if you can only locate a “reverse,” or reciprocal, quotation, such as 1.3152 for GBP/USD, reduce one by the rate to obtain 0.76034.
• 5 The current exchange rate between the US dollar and the British pound is. The above equation may be used to determine this.

• Remember that a standard lot for the AUD/CAD pair is CAD 10 for someone with a CAD account if you want to know the pip value of the AUD/CAD in your Euro account. Use the current exchange rate between the Canadian dollar and the Euro to convert the ten Canadian dollars to the Euro. The EUR6.75 per pip value at a rate of 1.48132 applies to a regular lot.
• Pip values are always quoted in the second currency, so always keep that in mind (YYY). With this information, you may translate the foreign currency’s fixed pip value into your account currency by dividing by XXX/YYY.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

In the world of trading, what exactly is a “pip”?

A “price interest point,” or “pip,” is a fractional change in the value of one currency relative to another. In the case of most currency pairings, one pip equals 0.10% (four decimal places right of the whole number). While a pip is often the lowest price change imaginable, some brokerages measure to the second decimal place to account for fractional pip changes.

How may one determine a pip’s value in a given currency?

Your broker is your most trustworthy resource regarding the trading goods they provide. Knowing the lowest increment, which your broker will measure, is essential since some firms give fractional pips (“pipettes”).