Estimated Profit
+$500.00USD account currencyForex Profit Calculator
Calculate the estimated profit or loss of a forex or gold trade using entry price, exit price and lot size.
Results
Price Movement
50.0 pipsForex pip movementLot Size
1.00 lotsTrade volumeDirection
BUYPosition directionContract Size
100,000units per lotEstimate a trade result
How to Use the Forex Profit Calculator
The forex profit calculator estimates profit or loss from a planned or completed price move.
- 1. Select the tradeChoose a currency pair or XAU/USD, then select Buy / Long or Sell / Short.
- 2. Enter price and volumeAdd the entry price, exit price, and lot size used for the position.
- 3. Choose account currencyCalculate the result, price movement, direction, and contract size in the selected currency.
The result is an estimate before broker-specific spreads, commissions, swaps, slippage, and differences in contract specifications.
How Forex Profit Is Calculated
For a buy trade, price movement is exit price minus entry price. For a sell trade, the direction is reversed: entry price minus exit price. That signed price difference is multiplied by the instrument’s contract size and the chosen lot size.
Profit or Loss = Directional Price Difference × Contract Size × Lot Size
Standard forex pairs in this calculator use a 100,000-unit contract for 1.00 lot. The raw result is denominated in the pair’s quote currency—the second currency in the symbol. EUR/USD produces a raw USD result, while USD/JPY produces JPY. When the quote currency differs from the selected account currency, the website uses its shared exchange-rate service to convert the amount. This is why otherwise identical trades can display a different account-currency value as conversion rates change.
Forex Profit Calculator Example
- Pair
- EUR/USD
- Direction
- Buy
- Entry
- 1.1500
- Exit
- 1.1550
- Lot size
- 1.00
- Movement
- 50 pips
(1.1550 − 1.1500) × 100,000 × 1.00 = $500 estimated profit.
If the same trade were a sell, the directional result would be negative because price rose after entry. At 0.10 lot, the estimated result would be one tenth as large, or $50. The example excludes trading costs and assumes execution at the entered prices.
How Lot Size Affects Profit and Loss
Lot size controls the amount of the instrument in the position. With the same pair and price movement, profit and loss change in direct proportion to trade volume. Doubling the lot size doubles both possible gains and possible losses; reducing it to one tenth reduces the exposure to one tenth.
0.01 lot1,000 forex units0.10 lot10,000 forex units1.00 lot100,000 forex units
Account balance alone does not determine a suitable volume. Stop-loss distance and the amount a trader is prepared to risk should also be considered. The Forex Lot Size Calculator estimates position size from those inputs before the profit calculator evaluates a price move.
How Pips Affect Forex Profit
A pip is a common unit for measuring forex movement. Most pairs use 0.0001 as one pip, so a move from 1.1500 to 1.1550 is 50 pips. JPY-quoted pairs generally use 0.01, making a move from 150.00 to 150.50 equal to 50 pips.
Pip value changes with lot size and may also require currency conversion. On many USD-quoted pairs, one pip is approximately $10 for 1.00 lot, $1 for 0.10 lot, and $0.10 for 0.01 lot. This shortcut should not replace an instrument-specific calculation when the quote and account currencies differ.
Calculating Profit on JPY Pairs
The main formula is unchanged for USD/JPY, EUR/JPY, GBP/JPY, and other JPY pairs. The difference is their 0.01 pip size and the fact that the raw result is in Japanese yen. A 0.50 rise on a 1.00-lot buy represents 50 pips and a raw result of ¥50,000.
If the account is in USD, EUR, GBP, or another supported currency, that yen result must be converted. The conversion rate used at calculation time can make the final account-currency estimate move even when entry, exit, and lot size stay unchanged.
XAU/USD Profit Calculator
XAU/USD represents gold priced in US dollars. Gold does not use the same contract configuration as a standard forex pair, so this website handles it separately through the shared instrument data. The maintained configuration uses a 100-troy-ounce contract for 1.00 lot.
For a 1.00-lot XAU/USD buy from 2500.00 to 2510.00, the $10 directional move is multiplied by 100 ounces, producing a raw estimated profit of $1,000. A sell over the same downward move would use the same calculation in the opposite direction.
Broker specifications can vary, including contract size, minimum volume, tick size, and the way points or pips are labelled. Confirm the symbol information in the trading platform before relying on a gold profit calculator result.
Profit vs Risk in Forex Trading
A profit estimate describes what a specific price move could mean for the selected volume. It does not show whether that volume fits an account’s risk rules. Before entry, traders commonly define a stop loss, translate that stop into a monetary risk amount, and compare the target with the risk using a Risk Reward Calculator.
Keeping these questions separate improves clarity: position sizing determines exposure, risk-to-reward describes the planned relationship between stop and target, and profit calculation translates entry-to-exit movement into money. None of these tools predicts direction or guarantees a result. Actual profit and loss can differ because of spreads, commissions, swaps, slippage, partial fills, currency conversion, and broker-specific contract settings.
Forex profit questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Clear answers about forex profit, pips, lot size, currency conversion, and XAU/USD calculations.A forex profit calculator estimates the profit or loss of a completed or planned trade from the currency pair, direction, entry price, exit price, lot size, and account currency.
For a buy, subtract entry from exit; for a sell, subtract exit from entry. Multiply that price difference by contract size and lot size, then convert the quote-currency result into the account currency when required.
Pip value depends on the pair, lot size, market price, and account currency. For many USD-quoted pairs, one pip is about $10 at 1.00 lot, $1 at 0.10 lot, and $0.10 at 0.01 lot.
On many USD-quoted pairs, a 10-pip favorable move is approximately $100 at 1.00 lot, $10 at 0.10 lot, or $1 at 0.01 lot. Currency conversion and instrument specifications can change the account-currency result.
Profit and loss scale proportionally with lot size when the price movement is unchanged. A 1.00-lot trade has ten times the exposure of a 0.10-lot trade and one hundred times the exposure of a 0.01-lot trade.
For EUR/USD, multiply the directional price change by 100,000 units and the lot size. Because USD is the quote currency, the raw result is in USD and only needs conversion when the trading account uses another currency.
Multiply the directional USD/JPY price change by contract size and lot size to get a result in JPY. Convert that JPY amount into the selected account currency using the relevant exchange rate.
Yes. When the price moves against the selected direction, the calculator displays an estimated loss with a minus sign and a text label. It does not rely on color alone to communicate the result.
Yes. XAU/USD is handled with the shared gold configuration, including its separate contract size and price increment. Confirm the result against your broker because gold specifications can vary.
Gold profit or loss is the directional XAU/USD price difference multiplied by the configured contract size and lot size. With a 100-ounce contract, a $10 move at 1.00 lot produces a $1,000 raw USD result.
Yes. The raw calculation is in the pair’s quote currency. If that currency differs from the account currency, an exchange rate is needed, so the final account-currency amount can change as conversion rates move.
Yes. It is free to use for the supported forex pairs and XAU/USD, with no signup required. Results are estimates and may differ because of spreads, commissions, swaps, slippage, live prices, or broker specifications.
This calculator is provided for informational and educational purposes only. Results are estimates and may differ because of spreads, commissions, swaps, slippage, conversion rates, live prices, and broker contract specifications.