Calculator — XAUUSD
Risk of a stop, by lot size — XAUUSD
PAIR cheat sheet — XAUUSD
Key facts — XAUUSD
- 1 pip = 0.1 (XAUUSD, metals)
- Standard lot: 100 units of base — pip value ≈ $10.00
- Suggested initial stop: ~300 pips (volatility-based, see note above)
- Sample rate used: 4286.0 — replace with a live quote before trading
Trading XAUUSD — what to know
A standard XAUUSD lot is commonly 100 troy ounces. PipAtlas uses a $0.10 price move as one pip, worth $10 per 100-ounce lot. A $0.01 quote increment is one-tenth of a PipAtlas pip. Broker contract sizes and pip conventions vary, so verify the symbol specification before sizing a trade. The pair moves mainly during the London and New York, plus the Tokyo open,' while the USD side follows New York (13:30–20:00 UTC) and the London overlap. Gold routinely moves $20-40/day (200-400 pips). Stops under ~150 pips get noise-stopped often. Spreads widen around news and the rollover hour — check your broker's live spread before sizing. This calculator pre-loads a 300-pip example stop and 100:1 leverage as a starting point; always size from your own stop and risk rule.
How this XAUUSD calculator works
Position size answers one question: how many lots can you hold so that the distance to your stop costs the risk you chose? For XAUUSD, one 1.00 lot is 100 ounces and a one-point move in price (0.1) is worth $10.00 per lot. Multiply that by the number of points in your stop and you have the cost of being wrong.
Worked example — XAUUSD
A $10,000 account risking 1% is risking $100. With a 300-point stop that money covers 300 points, so the size is $100 ÷ (300 × $10.00) ≈ 0.033 lots. At 1:100 that position needs about $143 of margin at the sample rate of 4,286 — margin is the entry ticket, not the risk. The stop is the risk.
What moves XAUUSD
Gold routinely moves $20-40/day (200-400 pips). Stops under ~150 pips get noise-stopped often.
Why the stop sets the size, not the leverage — XAUUSD
Raising leverage lets you open a bigger position, which makes the same stop cost more money — it does not make the trade safer or the stop tighter. Size from the chart: find the level that would prove the idea wrong, measure the distance, then let the calculator translate that into lots. If the answer is smaller than your broker's minimum lot, the honest response is to skip the trade, not to widen the stop.
Contract sizes and sample rates follow common CFD specifications; brokers differ, so confirm both on your broker's contract sheet before sizing a live trade.