What Are Pips And How Are They Priced? | KOL Analysis•Jay Tun

Some of the terminologies used in Forex are different from those in stocks. In stocks, we measure price change in dollars and cents and percentage.

In the world of Forex, currencies move in cents or less. The change in price is measured as pips instead.

You must have realized that the quotes of some currency pairs are displayed differently. Some quotes are displayed up to 3 decimal places while some others are displayed up to 5.

Example: EUR/USD

Example: USD/JPY

EUR/USD has 5 decimal places displayed, with the 5th decimal in a smaller font size.

USD/JPY has 3 decimal places displayed, with the 3rd decimal in a smaller font size.

#1 What Is A Pip？

A pip is the unit of measurement to express the smallest denomination change in value between

2 currencies. Most currency pairs are usually trading at 4 decimal places (ignoring the number that‘s in a smaller font size) except for Yen pairs. Yen pairs are at 2 decimal places (ignoring the number that’s in a smaller font size).

Is there anything smaller than a pip？ Yes! It is called a pipette, which is commonly known as fractional pips.

Pipettes are those numbers shown in a smaller font size. Why are pipettes good？ They allow you to trade with tighter spreads, effectively reducing your cost of trading!

Test Yourself

Source: babypips.com

Using the example above, GBP/USD is trading at 1.30543. When the value of GBP/USD rises to 1.30556, how many pips has this currency pair risen by？

The answer is..

1.3 pips! Did you get that right？

#2 How Much Is A Pip？

Forex is a leveraged instrument, so it is common for amounts in the thousands and tens of thousands to be traded by the retail traders.

Lets assume the following:

· You trade 1 standard lot (100,000 units)

· USD/JPY is trading at 119.80

Using the formula, it works out to be US$8.34 per pip.

How much would you make if you shorted USD/JPY and it drops to 119？

You would have made 80 pips and that works out to be US$667.2! And 80 pips is achievable within a day!

Heres another example:

· You trade 1 mini lot (10,000 units)

· USD/CHF is trading at 0.9280

Using the formula, it works out to be US$1.06 per pip.

How much would you make if you long USD/CHF and it rises to 0.9380？ You would have made 100 pips which works out to be US$106.

Conclusion

The knowledge of calculating pips comes in handy when you are deciding which Forex pair(s) to pay particular attention to. You want to maximize your trading capital and factor in opportunity cost.

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【About The Author】

An independent trader who seeks to educate through his own trading experiences, Jay began his own trading journey at the age of 22.

He is a self-taught trader who has read more than 200 books on trading and investment since college and created his trading methodologies modelling after several successful veteran traders.Jay has since amassed 10 years of experience trading different market conditions with consistency. Of the many disciplines in trading, he specializes in trading options, swing trades on equities, currencies,futures and contract-for-difference (CFDs).

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