Contracts Specifications

We are now offering the possibility to trade micro lots.

Minimum contract size for all trading accounts (demo and live) is 0.01 of a lot (1,000 units of base currency). This option is enabled on all accounts and there is no need to change anything in your client terminal.

Forex & Micro Forex

Ticker Spread Under normal market conditions.* Instant Execution** Size of 1.0 lot Limit & Stop levels Minimum number of pips between the current price (pending order level) and placed order level for each instrument. CommissionTransaction costs are incorporated into the bid/ask spread.***
EURUSD  2 pips      50 lots EUR 100,000      2 pips      $ 0
USDCHF  4 pips      50 lots USD 100,000      4 pips      $ 0
GBPUSD  3 pips      50 lots GBP 100,000      3 pips      $ 0
USDJPY  3 pips      50 lots USD 100,000      3 pips      $ 0
AUDUSD  3 pips      50 lots AUD 100,000      3 pips      $ 0
USDCAD  4 pips      50 lots USD 100,000      4 pips      $ 0
EURCHF  3 pips      50 lots EUR 100,000      3 pips      $ 0
EURJPY  3 pips      50 lots EUR 100,000      3 pips      $ 0
EURGBP  2 pips      50 lots EUR 100,000      2 pips      $ 0
GBPJPY  7 pips      20 lots GBP 100,000      7 pips      $ 0
GBPCHF  7 pips      30 lots GBP 100,000      7 pips      $ 0
EURCAD  8 pips      30 lots EUR 100,000      8 pips      $ 0
EURAUD  10 pips      30 lots EUR 100,000      10 pips      $ 0
NZDUSD  5 pips      20 lots NZD 100,000      5 pips      $ 0
USDSGD  8 pips      10 lots USD 100,000      8 pips      $ 0
CHFJPY  4 pips      50 lots CHF 100,000      4 pips      $ 0
EURNZD  12 pips      10 lots EUR 100,000      12 pips      $ 0
AUDJPY  5 pips      25 lots AUD 100,000      5 pips      $ 0
AUDNZD  12 pips      30 lots AUD 100,000      12 pips      $ 0
AUDCAD  7 pips      20 lots AUD 100,000      7 pips      $ 0
AUDCHF  6 pips      30 lots AUD 100,000      6 pips      $ 0
CADCHF  8 pips      30 lots CAD 100,000      8 pips      $ 0
CADJPY  6 pips      30 lots CAD 100,000      6 pips      $ 0
NZDJPY  7 pips      25 lots NZD 100,000      7 pips      $ 0
USDDKK  30 pips      10 lots USD 100,000      30 pips      $ 0
USDNOK  50 pips      10 lots USD 100,000      50 pips      $ 0
USDSEK  50 pips      25 lots USD 100,000      50 pips      $ 0
SGDJPY  6 pips      10 lots SGD 100,000      6 pips      $ 0
USDHKD  7 pips      30 lots USD 100,000      7 pips      $ 0
NZDGBP  6 pips      30 lots NZD 100,000      6 pips      $ 0
AUDEUR  6 pips      30 lots AUD 100,000      6 pips      $ 0
Initial Margin:
  • 1% of transaction size for account balances below $ 100,000
  • 2% of transaction size for account balances up to $ 250,000
  • 4% of transaction size for account balances above $ 250,000
Hedged Margin:
  • 1/2 of Initial Margin
Rollover / Interest Policy

Please note that since 03 June 2007 Alpari (UK) Limited no longer closes and reopens the positions which are open at 11:00 pm London time. Instead we have introduced a more convenient method of rollover which involves debiting or crediting a customer’s trading account when he/she holds open positions overnight.

Please refer to the "Rollover / Interest Policy" webpage for the details.

Open a Live Account

If you are considering opening a live account, we will be happy to help you with this. On the “Open a Live Account” webpage you will find a complete, step by step guide of the account opening procedure.


It is very important for us to know that all our customers are happy with our services and we strive to do our best to provide good execution and helpful customer support.


for example, forex

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