What is a LOT in Forex And How Its Used For Trading?
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Currency pairs are traded in pairs. We know that by now.
While placing your trade, the broker platform will ask you about "How many lots do you want to trade with"?
“LOTS” represents the amount that you are buying or selling. Think of it like kilos, or pounds when you are buying vegetables or litres when you are buying gas/petrol for your car..
In the trading world, Lots are the amount you want to buy or sell.
The three most common types of lots are :
STANDARD . MINI .MICRO
One standard lot =100,000 units of the base currency,
Example: 1 lot of EURUSD would be equal to 100,000 euros.
One mini lot = 10,000 units of the base currency Example: 1 mini lot of GBPUSD would be equal 10,000 British pounds.
1 micro lot is equal to 1,000 units of the base currency in your currency pair. Example: 1 micro lot of AUD/USD is equal to 1,000 US Dollars. Now, you don't have to have 100000 to trade because you can use leverage ?
What is leverage.. Stay tuned for the next blog.
Sanchaita
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Sanchaita B Sharma
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I trade the market online while creating the work-home balance lifestyle . I help success-driven budding traders do the same via my ongoing support inside our forexdiva community. Music, Nature and Sports inspires me. ______________________ I placed my first trade in 2010. Largely self taught but qualified later with Society Of Technical Analyst UK & recognised as a "Certified Financial Technician" (CFTe) by the "The International Federation Of Technical Analyst," USA
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