What is a Pip? - Definition of Forex Pips and Examples of a Pip
A Pip is the basic measurement of currency price moves & it is the smallest price move of an exchange rate for a particular Currency pair.
Most Currency Pairs are priced using the 4 decimal places and the fourth decimal place represents 1 pip which is equivalent 1 hundredth of one cent - 100 pips are equal to 1 Cent
What is Pips in Forex?
One pip is the basic unit used to measure currency price movement; it is equal to the last decimal point in a Currency Pair Quote (4 Decimal Point Format), pip is the minimum change in currency pairs price movement. The last decimal point should be the 4th point. However, the fifth point that is now implemented by brokers is known as fraction of a pip or pipette.
5 decimal Fractions FX Quote - Fraction of a Pip in FX Trading
Forex Brokers now implement the fifth decimal quotes, the fifth point is referred to as the fractional Pip. Before this all the quotes were 4 decimal points and that is when the last point was referred to as a pip. Therefore, when forex always use the fourth point and not the fifth decimal as the pip value.
If you trade with a broker using 5 points decimals (all brokers now use 5 decimal points format), then 1 fractional pip which is the 5th decimal place, will be equal to 1 dollar per one standard contract. However, this is just the Fraction of a pip & not the original and initial Pip. To Make up one Point you will have to use 10 points, (it is like rounding off to the fourth decimal point).
Example: for 4 Decimal Point Quotes Format
If EURUSD moves from 1.4500 to 1.4501 then this market movement is equivalent to:
1.4501-1.4500 = 0.0001 (1 pip)
Value of = 0.0001 USD
1 contract and lot = $100,000 dollars
Value of 1 pip for 1 contract and lot = 100,000* 0.0001= $10 dollars
1 pip = $10, for 4 Decimal Points Format
4 Points Decimal Currency Quotes Format in the MT4 - Forex Pips
Example: for 5 Decimal Points Quote in Forex Trading
If EUR USD moves from 1.45000 to 1.45001 then this move is equivalent to:
1.45001-1.45000 = 0.00001 (1/10 pipette)
Value of = 0.00001 USD
1 contract and lot = $100,000 dollars
Value of 1/10 pipette for 1 contract and lot = 100,000* 0.00001= $1 dollars
1/10 pipette = $1, for 5 Decimal Points Format
5 Decimal Points Quotes Format on MT4 - Forex Fraction of Pips Explained
Please Note from the above MetaTrader 4 screen shot how the fifth decimal point is shown in a digit that is smaller than the other digits, this is to signify that it's a fraction of a pip.
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