The Forex Point in Percentage

Forex PIP

Point in Percentage (PIP) represents a change in the price of a currency pair due to exchange rates. A pip denotes to a fourth decimal in the amount of a currency. One pip symbolizes as 0.0001. Normally, currency pairs make an exhibition of four decimal places while only in the case of the Japanese yen currency pair shows just two decimals. PIP sometimes also called Price Interest Point (PIP).

For example, one pip is represented as 0.0001, two pips equal to 0.0002 and so on. A four pip spread for USD/CAD currency pair = 1.2350 / 1.2354

The placement of the fifth decimal after the point is known as a fractional pip. It shows more exact signals of price movement.

Importance of Forex Pip

1. Pip represents a price movement relating to currency pairs, thus gives an indication of price trend relating to a pair of currency.
2. Pip describes the level of price volatility of the underlying pair.
3. The increase or decrease in a single pip helps in measuring its influence on the profitability.
4. Pip offers more accurate and tighter spread.
5. Pips provide a supreme degree of liquidity; traders can efficiently manage the risk of serious deviations in price.
6. Pip facilitates a more competitive forex trading environment.
7. Pip presents tighter spread and brokerage commission also less charged on these tighter spread trading transactions. So it reduces the cost of doing business.

How to work with a pip and how to calculate profit/loss from a trade?

A Pip can be calculated in terms of the underlie currency or quote. Pip stands for a small and uniform fluctuation in a quote currency and normally refers to one basis unit i.e. 1/100th of 1%. It used as a unit to calculate profit or loss in the relevant currency pair trading. Each pip has a monetary value and can be calculated as follows;

PIP VALUE = (Pip in decimal, i.e. 0.0001 x Total Trade Amount) ÷ Closing Price of the pair

Example

Currency Pair = EUR/USD

Closing Price of Pair = 1.2345 after gaining the 18 pips that mean 1 EUR. = 1.2345 USD

Trading Amount = 150,000 EUR

For calculating the pip value and determining the profit or loss in EUR steps are as under;

Pip Value = (0.0001 x 150, 000) ÷ 1.2345 = 12.15

Trade Profit / (Loss) = 18 pips x 12.15 value of a pip = 218.7 EUR