Risk Management

Micro Lot

Definition

A forex trade size of 1,000 units of the base currency, one-hundredth of a standard lot. One pip equals approximately $0.10.

Example

Trading micro lots allows a $500 account to properly manage risk at 1-2% per trade.

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