Noob very quick q about standard lot tick and comission, wrong in demo?

Discussion in 'Forex' started by maxoptions, Jan 30, 2020.

  1. Hello!

    1 standard lot gives 1pip or tick=10$ right. And comission for 1 lot is 7$? Something I don't get in my demo I use 1 lot but each tick is 1$ however the lot costs 7$ in comission. Is this an error in demo, should be 0.7$ comission for 1lot if that lot ticks in 1$ increments?

    Then for the standard lot 7$ comission and 10$ for each tick??

    Please help
     
  2. Sekiyo

    Sekiyo

    What instrument are you trading ?

    If the tick value is 10$.
    Then 1 contract (Lot) should be 10$ per tick.

    You might be trading micro lot ... 0.1 lot ?

    Commissions are broker dependent so we can’t tell. But it’s linear therefore if commissions for 1 lot are 7$ then for 0.1 lot it should be 0.7$.
     
  3. Sekiyo

    Sekiyo

    Exemple.

    You buy 1 contract of XYZ at 0 tick.
    You pay the commissions 3.5$.
    You sell 1 contract of XYZ at +4 ticks.
    You pay the commissions 3.5$.
    You get the 4 ticks valued at 10$ each.

    -7+(4x10)
    -> 33
     
  4. schizo

    schizo

    You sure are a noob. :p

    Anyway, every instrument has a different tick size and a tick value. For instance, crude oil (CL) moves in 1-cent ($0.01) increment and each tick is worth $10. As far as commission goes, that depends on the broker you use and you're usually charged a flat commission per contract, per side.
     
  5. This is about forex I posted in forex I thought this would be clear anyways it's currency pairs the question is about.

    I think the last number of the movement is what is confusing. In example 0.00010 the last 0 number represents 1$ worth of movement in each micropip (not pips) and the number 1 represent 10 dollars for every pip change in this number.

    So for a move to 0.00020 it will have moved 10$ in value (in general).

    It's quite confusing when information says that each pip is valued at 10$ because as a new forex trader you can easily confuse the last number for a pip, but it's actually only 1/10th of a pip.

    Correct?