Pip Value Calculator
Calculate the exact dollar value of 1 pip for any currency pair and lot size. Know your risk per pip before you place the trade - essential for staying within prop firm drawdown limits.
Currency pair
Lot size
Stop loss cost (optional)
Stop loss distance (pips)
Pip value (per std lot)
$10.00
Pip value at 1 lot
$10.00
10 pip move
$100.00
20 pip move
$200.00
50 pip move
$500.00
FAQs — Pip Value
Pip values, lot sizes and how to size your risk per trade in dollars.
What is pip value and why does it matter for prop trading?
Pip value is the dollar amount your account changes by for every 1 pip of price movement at your current lot size. Knowing this is essential for prop firm risk management - your stop loss distance multiplied by pip value tells you exactly how much you are risking per trade.
Why is the pip value different for USD/JPY compared to EUR/USD?
For pairs where USD is the quote currency (EUR/USD, GBP/USD), the pip value is always exactly $10 per standard lot. For pairs where USD is the base currency (USD/JPY), the pip value changes with the exchange rate because you are dividing by the current price.
What is a standard lot, mini lot and micro lot?
A standard lot is 100,000 units of the base currency. A mini lot is 10,000 units (0.1 lots). A micro lot is 1,000 units (0.01 lots). For EUR/USD, 1 standard lot means you are controlling €100,000 worth of EUR/USD. Pip values scale proportionally.
How do I use pip value to calculate my risk per trade?
Risk in dollars = pip value × stop loss distance in pips. For example, if EUR/USD pip value is $10 per standard lot and your stop is 20 pips, risking 1 standard lot means $10 × 20 = $200 risk. For a $100,000 account, that is 0.2% of account risk - well within safe prop firm parameters.
Why does gold (XAU/USD) work differently to forex pairs?
Gold is quoted in dollars per ounce rather than as a currency pair, so its "pip" is typically the second decimal place ($0.01) rather than the fourth. Because XAU/USD is USD-quoted, the dollar value per 0.01 move is fixed per lot size the same way a USD-quote forex pair is, but the lot size definition and broker contract size can vary - always check your broker specification before sizing a trade.
Do I need to recalculate pip value every time the exchange rate moves?
Only for pairs where USD is the base currency, like USD/JPY or USD/CAD - their pip value shifts slightly as the rate moves because you are dividing by the current price. For USD-quote pairs like EUR/USD or GBP/USD, pip value per standard lot stays fixed at $10 regardless of where the rate is.
How does lot size affect my pip value and overall risk?
Pip value scales linearly with lot size - a mini lot (0.10) has one tenth the pip value of a standard lot, and a micro lot (0.01) has one hundredth. Trading smaller lot sizes is one of the simplest ways to reduce dollar risk per trade while keeping your stop distance and strategy exactly the same.
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