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What is pip value?

We quote currency pairs by "5, 3 and 2" decimal places – also known as fractional pips or pipettes.

  • On a 5 decimal place currency pair a pip is 0.00010
  • On a 3 decimal place currency pair a pip is 0.010
  • On a 2 decimal place currency pair a pip is 0.10

For example: If GBP/USD moves from 1.51542 to 1.51552, that .00010 USD move higher is one pip.

When trading FX and other symbols, there are some easy rules to calculate the ‘pip-value’ of the trade so you can work out your potential gains and losses quickly.

  • When trading a ‘spot’ instrument, the pip value will always be in the second quoted symbol on the currency pair – so for EURAUD/USD, this means the pip value will be based in U.S. Dollars. This also applies to commodity pairs such as Gold (XAU/USD) – where the pip value will be based in USD.
  • For Indices, the point value will be based in the currency of the country that hosts that stock index; for instance, GER30 is traded in Europe which means that the point value is given in EUR (Euro); US500 is traded in the US, so the point value will be in US Dollars.

A list of all traded symbols and their pip values is shown below. The pip scales in direct proportion to the trade size – so a 2 lot trade will have twice the value per pip as a 1 lot trade.

Pip values:

FX pairs

FX pairsPip value per 1 standard lotsPip value per 0.1 standard lotsPip value per 0.01 standard lots
AUDCAD10 CAD1 CAD0.10 CAD
AUDCHF10 CHF1 CHF0.10 CHF
AUDJPY1000 JPY100 JPY10 JPY
AUDNZD10 NZD1 NZD0.10 NZD
AUDSGD10 SGD1 SGD0.10 SGD
AUDUSD10 USD1 USD0.10 USD
CADCHF10 CHF1 CHF0.10 CHF
CADJPY1000 JPY100 JPY10 JPY
CHFJPY1000 JPY100 JPY10 JPY
CHFSGD10 SGD1 SGD0.10 SGD
EURAUD10 AUD1 AUD0.10 AUD
EURCAD10 CAD1 CAD0.10 CAD
EURCHF10 CHF1 CHF0.10 CHF
EURCZK10 CZK1 CZK0.10 CZK
EURGBP10 GBP1 GBP0.10 GBP
EURJPY1000 JPY100 JPY10 JPY
EURNOK10 NOK1 NOK0.10 NOK
EURNZD10 NZD1 NZD0.10 NZD
EURPLN10 PLN1 PLN0.10 PLN
EURSEK10 SEK1 SEK0.10 SEK
EURSGD10 SGD1 SGD0.10 SGD
EURTRY10 TRY1 TRY0.10 TRY
EURUSD10 USD1 USD0.10 USD
EURZAR10 ZAR1 ZAR0.10 ZAR
GBPAUD10 AUD1 AUD0.10 AUD
GPBCAD10 CAD1 CAD0.10 CAD
GPBCHF10 CHF1 CHF0.10 CHF
GPBJPY1000 JPY100 JPY10 JPY
GBPNOK10 NOK1 NOK0.10 NOK
GBPNZD10 NZD1 NZD0.10 NZD
GBPSEK10 SEK1 SEK0.10 SEK
GBPSGD10 SGD1 SGD0.10 SGD
GBPTRY10 TRY1 TRY0.10 TRY
GBPUSD10 USD1 USD0.10 USD
NOKJPY1000 JPY100 JPY10 JPY
NOKSEK10 SEK1 SEK0.10 SEK
NZDCAD10 CAD1 CAD0.10 CAD
NZDCHF10 CHF1 CHF0.10 CHF
NZDJPY1000 JPY100 JPY10 JPY
NZDUSD10 USD1 USD0.10 USD
SEKJPY1000 JPY100 JPY10 JPY
SGDJPY10000 JPY100 JPY10 JPY
USDCAD10 CAD1 CAD0.10 CAD
USDCHF10 CHF1 CHF0.10 CHF
USDCNH10 CNH1 CNH0.10 CNH
USDCZK10 CSK1 CZK0.10 CZK
USDJPY1000 JPY100 JPY10 JPY
USDMXN10 MXN1 MXN0.10 MXN
USDNOK10 NOK1 NOK0.10 NOK
USDPLN10 PLN1 PLN0.10 PLN
USDSEK10 SEK1 SEK0.10 SEK
USDSGD10 SGD1 SGD0.10 SGD
USDTHB10 THB1 THB0.10 THB
USDTRY10 TRY1 TRY0.10 TRY
USDZAR10 ZAR1 ZAR0.10 ZAR
ZARJPY1000 JPY1 JPY10 JPY

Commodities

CommoditiesPip value per 1 standard lotsPip value per 0.10 standard lotsPip value per 0.01 standard lots
XTIUSD10 USD1 USD0.10 USD
XBRUSD10 USD1 USD0.10 USD
XAGUSD50 USD5 USD0.50 USD
XAUUSD10 USD1 USD0.10 USD
XAUEUR10 EUR1 EUR0.10 EUR
XAGEUR50 EUR5 EUR0.50 EUR
XNGUSD10 USD1 USD0.10 USD
XPDUSD10 USD1 USD0.10 USD
XPTUSD10 USD1 USD0.10 USD

Indices

IndicesPoint value per 1 standard lot
US5001 USD
US301 USD
NAS1001 USD
AUS2001 AUD
EUSTX501 EUR
GER301 EUR
FRA401 EUR
IT401 EUR
SPA351 EUR
UK1001 GBP
JPN225100 JPY
HK501 HKD
US20001 USD
CN501 USD