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Lots and position size (Standard, Mini, Micro)

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Presented by NourIn Arabic, with captions. Other languages are coming.

Educational content, not investment advice. Nour explains how markets work. She never tells you what to buy or sell.

A lot is a standard unit of trade size; the platform's contract size tells you how many units one lot holds.

  • In forex one lot is commonly 100,000 units of the base currency. Standard 1.00 = 100,000 (≈$10/pip on EUR/USD), Mini 0.10 = 10,000 (≈$1), Micro 0.01 = 1,000 (≈$0.10).
  • A 50-pip loss on a $1,000 account: −$500, −$50 or −$5.
  • Minimum volume and volume step are set by the broker — check the symbol specification.
  • Size is a result: risk amount ÷ (stop pips × pip value). $10 ÷ 25 pips = $0.40/pip = 0.04 lot.

Quick check

Three questions. Pick an answer to see why.

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  1. 1.How many units is a Mini lot (0.10)?

  2. 2.Account $1,000, risk 1%, stop 25 pips on EUR/USD. Which size fits?

  3. 3.Who sets the minimum volume and volume step for a symbol?

Sources

Every fact in this lesson is backed by the sources below.

  1. 1.MetaQuotes — MetaTrader 5 Help: Quotes / symbol specificationContract size = units in one lot; minimal volume and volume step are set by the broker
  2. 2.MetaQuotes — MetaTrader 5 Help: Margin calculation (Retail Forex)1 lot EURUSD example with contract size 100,000
  3. 3.NFA — Trading in the Retail Off-Exchange Foreign Currency Market: What Investors Need to KnowWorked example on a 100,000-unit transaction

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