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Point
Point (pip) is the smallest change in the currency price in the last digit of a quote (i.e. the last digit of a decimal).
Pipsing
This trading approach is used for gaining profit from intraday currency fluctuations. Some traders open more than 200 deals a day while holding a position open for just several minutes. Of course, the profit from each position is rather sma...
Pip value for currencies
The pip value can be estimated with the help of three methods. It will depend on the trading volume; the choice of calculation method will be reliant on the currency pair:1. If USD is the second currency in a currency pair (for example, EUR...
Pip value for shares
The pip value for shares is calculated by a trade volume.Therefore, the pip value in the trade of 1 lot will be equal to $1; in the trade of 10 lot 1 pip will be equal to $10, etc.It can be also calculated by using the following formula:v....
Pip value for gold
The pip value for GOLD is calculated by the trading volume.Therefore, the pip value will be equal to $1 in the trade of 1 lot; while in the trade of 10 lots 1 pip will be equal to $10, etc.* The tick size for #GOLD is 10 pips....
EUR/JPY pipsing
Pipsing involves daily work in front of your computer, minimum of news and maximum of luck. There is no need to know the financial mechanism of global economy regulation and countries’ GDP. Even the bullish market has a lot of pullbacks dur...
No swaps charged
There are two cases when this happens:1. You have opened a deal on the pair with zero swap. Below is a list of such pairs: http://instaforex.com/en/specifications2. SWAPs have been charged, but the amount of charged swaps is less than the m...
Forex calculator
Notification:The value of a pip is calculated on the basis of the current rate of a given currency pair.Please note that 1 lot of InstaForex is equal to 10,000 units of the base currency.You can find below a formula to calculate the value o...
Spread size
InstaForex uses fixed spreads on all trading instruments except of Major currency pairs, during the period of low liquidity (from 23:30 to 03:00 terminal time), the spread on some Forex Majors can be increased up to 10 pips;EUR/CZK, and EUR...
Types of cent accounts
InstaForex offers clients an opportunity to trade on the Forex market using three types of accounts at once: Micro Forex, Mini Forex, Standard Forex. In order to make such a technology possible a nonstandard 10,000 lot was established, whic...
InstaForex lot size
InstaForex provides an opportunity to trade on Forex using three types of accounts in one: Micro Forex, Mini Forex, and Standard Forex. In order to make it possible, the company came up with a non-standard 10000 lot, which at the trade of 0...
Pip
A pip (point) is the smallest change in the price. For example, if the price was 1.1244 and became 1.1245, the price changed by 1 pip (point).
Hedging
Hedging is the parctice of protecting client's funds from unfavorable price fluctuations by opening a position in a contrary or opposing market. Hedging: ensures protection from possible losses by the time of forward deal settlement; provid...
Stocks
To calculate the margin for shares, you need to know the transaction size and the share price.For example, the share price totals $47 with the transaction size of 5 lots.When calculating, you should take into account that 1 lot = 100 shares...
Intraday trading
Intraday trading is believed to be one of the most complicated types of Forex trading and, at the same time, the most widely used by independent traders. This trading system suggests opening and closing positions on Forex within one day, i....
Locking
Locking is a type of a hedging strategy aimed at minimizing risks associated with changes in markets behaviour. The difference between hedging and locking is that hedging is used for different trading instruments, while locking is used for...
Scalping
There is no single opinion about the scalping trading strategy. However, more and more traders are getting interested in this method. Why does scalping look so appealing? Probably because it is one of the few ways to make a quick profit on...
Ultra-Short Strategy
It is a perfect strategy for beginners that can quickly lead them to complete collapse. The temptation of short-term fluctuations of a few pips can result in a trader catching from 1 to 5 pips. Having succeeded several times, traders earn 2...
Average daily trading strategy for EUR/JPY
The average daily trading strategy consists of certain steps, including analysis, setting certain targets, placing orders, and executing a deal. The main idea of such a strategy is that the trade depends on the analysis that you have carrie...
Long-term trading strategy for EUR/JPY
When you develop a long-term trading strategy for EUR/JPY, it will be useful to look at the trading history of this currency pair in the past few years.So, if you look at the weekly chart of the EUR/JPY, you will notice continuous growth fr...
Terms of affiliate programs
Whatever type of affiliate program you choose, you will always have the following advantages:1. You make a profit on every client’s trade of 1.5 pips from the spread or 0.015% from each deal’s volume (depending on a client’s trading account...
Affiliate program reward
InstaForex is obliged to:* pay the 1.5 pip affiliate commission for forex major instruments.* pay the 1.2 pip affiliate commission for CFD instruments.* pay $20 affiliate commission for GOLD; $10 affiliate commission for SILVER.* pay 33.3%...
Introducing Broker program
If you are ready to work with a client throughout their entire trading activity, this program is perfect for you, as you will earn from every trade made by the client you referred! For example, the program may appeal to traders who enjoy sh...
CPA program
The CPA (Cost Per Action) program perfectly suits webmasters, search engine promotion and online marketing specialists who do not have a deep knowledge of the forex market. This type of partnership does not require complex calculations, ter...
Bonus reduction after withdrawal of funds
In case the bonus amount exceeds $2,000 and over 10% of trades are of less than 0.01 market lot (0.1 InstaForex lot, i.e. 1 pip approximately equals $0.10), the bonus can be reduced to $1,000. In case the bonus amount exceeds $10,000 and ov...
Determination of the Lucky Trader winners
To determine the winners of the Lucky Trader contests, the Company uses a rating, which is calculated by summing up profits for all positive trades and subtracting losses for all negative trades. However, there is only one limitation: a con...
Chapter 4. Forex quotes
When we buy something in a shop, a price tag shows us the price of an item in the domestic currency. For example, we pay $12 for a book which is common practice for us.In the Forex market, we always trade one currency against another. There...
Chapter 5. Buy and sell price of currency pairs and spread
Until now, talking about quotes, we have intentionally used only spot (current) Forex exchange rates to make our website easier to understand. However, a Forex quote consists of two rates (prices) - the sell rate (bid) and the buy rate (ask...
Chapter 8. Forex market and exchange offices
Forex trading is aimed at making money on currency speculations. We have been describing the currency market above but avoided such topics as what starting capital is needed to work on Forex and what profit can be expected. In this chapter...
Chapter 10. Margin requirement
Each time a trader opens a position through an online broker (dealing company), the part of funds on his account becomes frozen. This part is called a security deposit and used for a guarantee that a trader will never lose more than he has...
Chapter 12. Profits of Forex market players
As we have already mentioned, an individual trader gets access to Forex by means of a broker or a dealing company. Traders earn money via currency speculations. In other words, they close positions at a higher price compared to the price of...
Chapter 13. Calculation of profit and loss
We have thoroughly considered the basic terms used on Forex and the main principles of margin trading. It is the time to study how to calculate profit and loss of the opened trades. We know that a trader enters the international curren...
Chapter 17. George Soros: The story of one trader
Like in every sphere of life, there are outstanding persons on Forex, whose names went down in history. George Soros is one of the most successful traders in the forex history. His career began from the establishment of the Quantum Fund in...
Reduction of 55% Bonus
In case the bonus amount exceeds $2,000 and over 10% of trades are of less than 0.01 market lot (0.1 InstaForex lot, i.e. 1 pip is approximately equal to $0.10), the bonus can be reduced to $1,000. In case the bonus amount is over $10,000 a...
