Direct currencies’: same as in ‘Dollar size’
Crosses: same as in ‘Dollar size’
“Indirect Currencies”:
Valid only for USDJPY; USDCHF; USDCAD
Transactions in ‘second currency’ in the pair
‘Contract sizes’ in ‘second currency’ in the pair
Customer Buy ‘second currency’ in the pair @Bid, Sell
@Ask
Example1
USDJPY
‘Lot’ in yen. Ex.: 12,500,000 yen
Customer Buy JPY @Bid, Sell @Ask
129.10/20
Customer Buy JPY @10, Sell @20
P/L calc.:
(1/sell price) – (1/buy price) x ‘lot size’ x # of lots
Example1.1:
Quote 129.10/20. Open sell yen at 20. 1 lot. Hoping to go
^.
Quote 129.30/40. Liquidation: Close buy yen at 30. Gain
10 pips.
Profit: (1/129.20 – 1/129.30) x 12,500,00 x 1 lot.
1/129.20 > 1/129.30, so we are in profit.
Result is in dollars, as you see.