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Contract Specifications

Alpari (US) offers have flexible currency pairs for Demo and Live Forex trading accounts. The below contract specifications apply to Alpari (US) Standard trading accounts on MT4. Trading hours are from Sunday at 6PM EST to Friday at 5PM EST.

Currency trading with Alpari (US) offers the possibility to trade micro lots. Minimum contract size for Alpari Standard account is 0.01 of a lot and minimum step is also 0.01 of a lot (1,000 units of base currency).

 

Ticker Minimum
Spreads*
Typical
Spreads
Instant Execution** Size of
1.0 lot
EURUSD 1.0 pip 1.7 pips 50 lots EUR 100,000
USDCHF 2.0 pips 2.8 pips 50 lots USD 100,000
USDJPY 1.5 pips 2.0 pips 50 lots USD 100,000
GBPUSD 2.0 pips 2.9 pips 50 lots GBP 100,000
AUDUSD 2.8 pips 2.8 pips 50 lots AUD 100,000
USDCAD 3.5 pips 4.0 pips 50 lots USD 100,000
EURGBP 2.0 pips 2.1 pips 50 lots EUR 100,000
EURCHF 2.8 pips 2.9 pips 50 lots EUR 100,000
EURJPY 3.2 pips 3.2 pips 50 lots EUR 100,000
GBPJPY 5.5 pips 5.6 pips 20 lots GBP 100,000
GBPCHF 5.5 pips 5.8 pips 30 lots GBP 100,000
EURCAD 7.0 pips 7.4 pips 30 lots EUR 100,000
EURAUD 7.0  pips 7.0 pips 30 lots EUR 100,000
CHFJPY 6.0 pips 6.0 pips 50 lots CHF 100,000
EURNZD 15.0 pips 15.5 pips 10 lots EUR 100,000
AUDJPY 5.0 pips 5.0 pips 25 lots AUD 100,000
AUDNZD 12.0 pips 12.6 pips 30 lots AUD 100,000
AUDCAD 7.0 pips 7.0 pips 20 lots AUD 100,000
AUDCHF 7.0 pips 7.0 pips 30 lots AUD 100,000
CADCHF 6.0 pips 6.1 pips 30 lots CAD 100,000
CADJPY 5.0 pips 5.0 pips 30 lots CAD 100,000
NZDUSD 6.0 pips 6.1 pips 10 lots NZD 100,000
NZDJPY 7.0 pips 7.0 pips 25 lots NZD 100,000
XAUUSD 60 pips 60 pips 5 lots 100 troy oz.
XAGUSD 4.0 pips 4.0 pips 5 lots 5000 troy oz.


Initial Margin:

  • 1% of transaction size for account balances below $ 100,000
  • 2% of transaction size for account balances up to $ 250,000
  • 4% of transaction size for account balances above $ 250,000

Rollover/Swap Policy

Please refer to our "Rollover/Swap Policy" for details.

 

*Under normal market conditions

**High volume deals are executed by request

Precious metal contracts are not subject to regulation under the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act.

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Alpari (US), LLC is registered with the CFTC as a Futures Commission Merchant and is a member of the NFA - Member ID: 0379678.

Trading foreign exchange on margin carries a high level of risk and may not be suitable for all investors.
Alpari (US) only offers off-exchange currency trading. Consequently, our customers do not receive the protections offered through on-exchange trading.