Thursday, June 12, 2008

units available calculator

http://fxtrade.oanda.com/tools/fxcalculators/units_available_calculator.shtml


This calculation uses the following formula:

Margin Available * (margin ratio) / ({BASE}/{HOME Currency} Exchange Rate)

For example, suppose:

Home Currency: USD
Currency Pair: GBP/CHF
Margin Available: 100
Margin Ratio : 20:1
Base / Home Currency: GBP/USD = 1.584

Then,

Units = (100 * 20) / 1.584
Units = 1262

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