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PIPS conversion formula in Forex trading

by Brian Brown, 4881 days ago
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In Forex trading, a PIP is the smallest price increment that can be made by a currency. PIP refers to "percentage in point" and it is very important in Forex as it is the basis for calculating profit and loss and measuring spreads (bid/ask differences).

Usually the value of a PIP is 0.0001, so 100 PIPS equal to 0.01. There is however one exception, which is the Japanese Yen. If Japanese Yen (JPY) is the base or quote currency of a pair then the PIP value becomes 0.01.

"PIPS" function returns the value of N pips for the current currency pair. It returns the value of a pip multiplied by a given number. Obviously, the result is either 0.0001*N or 0.01*N depending on whether the pair symbol contains "JPY" or not.

If you take the most active pair, EUR/USD, and execute the following formula:
a = pips(500);

The variable "a" will get a constant value of $0.05.
You can get the dollar value of a specific number of pips by dividing the amount in dollars by the pip value:
a = $0.05 / pips(1); // Returns 500


Trading System Examples:
If you strategy consists of:
Buying when open price is 50 pips higher than previous close: Set "Buy using market order at the price of ____" and then enter the following formula: open + pips(50)
Using a 100 pips stop loss: Active stop loss (points) and then set the following formula: pips(100)


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