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Contract Specifications

Effective October 7, 2009 at 1:00PM EST, Alpari (US) will have flexible currency pairs available on Demo and Live accounts.

We offer the possibility to trade micro lots.  Minimum contract size for Alpari Retail Account (Demo and Live) is 0.1 of a lot (10,000 units of base currency). But minimum step is 0.01 of a lot (1,000 units of base currency).  Minimum contract size for Alpari Micro 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	1.6 pips	1.7 pips	50 lots	EUR 100,000
USDCHF	2.6 pips	2.8 pips	50 lots	USD 100,000
USDJPY	2.0 pips	2.0 pips	50 lots	USD 100,000
GBPUSD	2.5 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

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

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