What does a pip cost you in real money?

This is the question to answer before your first live trade: one pip on your planned position size, in your account currency. Not knowing it means you're sizing positions blind.

What does a pip cost you in real money? — pip movement diagram
How a pip moves the exchange rate

Post your working:

  • account currency and pair
  • position size
  • pip value you calculated
What does a pip cost you in real money? — risk-reward diagram
A risk-reward ratio of 1 to 2

Then check it against the method in what is a pip and how to calculate pip value. Wrong answers are welcome — that's what the thread is for.

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