Online calculator of a trader
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Choose an asset
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Specify the trade size in lots
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Choose your trading account currency
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Set the position opening price (by default, the field contains the current market price)
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Set the closing price of the position (by default, the field contains the current market price)
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Choose "Sell" or "Buy"
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Click Calculate. You will see the financial result of the transaction, opened and closed on the selected conditions, all other things being equal
The trading calculator also shows the free margin on the account after the trade is closed and the margin level.
Free margin is the difference between the account equity and the margin for an open position. For example, if a position with a positive financial result of 3,000 rubles is opened on an account of 120,000 rubles, and the margin is 70,000 rubles, then the free margin will be equal to:
120,000+3,000-70,000=53,000.
These funds are available to open new trades.
If one or more positions on the account make a loss, the equity may become less than the margin. In this case, the free margin will be negative.
The margin level is the ratio of the funds in the account and the margin for the position, expressed as a percentage. For example, if the margin is 40,000 rubles, and the funds in the account are 200,000 rubles, then the margin level will be equal to:
200,000/40,000*100=500%.
Multiplying by 100 is required to convert the result to a percentage. In other words, a margin level of 500% means that the margin is five times less than what is in the account.
Buy / Sell
— when trading on the Forex market, you can both buy an asset if you predict a price increase, or sell it if you think that its value will decrease. For example, if you buy euros for dollars and the euro appreciates, you sell euros for more dollars.Contract Size
— designation of the size of the contract, traditional for the forex market. It is calculated as the value of a standard lot multiplied by the number of lots. The size of a standard forex lot is 100,000 units of the base currency.Assets
— the asset you are trading. It is also called a symbol.Leverage
— the ratio of the margin (collateral) to the nominal value of the position. For example, the leverage is 1:100. This means that to open a transaction with a volume of 10,000 euros, you will need to have 100 times less on your trading account (10,000/100=100 euros).Lot
— the traditional forex market designation of the volume of transactions with currencies.Margin
— funds on the trading account necessary to open a position and maintain it in the market.Pips
— the minimum amount by which the price of an asset can change. In the trading terminal, currencies are usually quoted with an accuracy of five, four and three decimal places. For the EURUSD 1.08772 quote, one pip is 0.00001 dollars. For the quote USDJPY 106.649, one pip is equal to a price change of 0.001 yen.Profit
— the term does not need to be explained. Losing trades will be displayed in the terminal with a minus.Swap / Triple Swap
— this is an operation of transferring a position to the next day. Swaps (fee for transferring a position to the next trading day). Defined separately for Short positions and Long positions (also in points and in the account currency).
It is carried out according to the scheme accepted all over the world - SWAP TOM NEXT. Transactions in the Forex market are concluded on SPOT terms. This means that for all transactions concluded on the current business day, the entire amount of currency must be delivered on the second business day. To avoid this delivery, it is necessary to make a SWAP transaction (i.e. close and reopen a position at the current rate), which allows you to settle the obligations of the parties.
Swap can be either negative or positive. Carrying over a certain position through the night can bring you profit.
Triple swap is debited or credited for rollover of a position over the weekend. In most cases, this happens on the night from Wednesday to Thursday.
Tik
— the minimum price change step. For currency pairs tick and pip are equivalent. But in the stock market, the minimum step is not necessarily equal to a change of 0.00001 or 0.0001. For shares, the step can be, for example, $0.25 or 25 points.The calculation results are for informational purposes only and do not serve the purpose of offering products or services. Before making trading decisions, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with the regulatory documents of ActiveBroker.