Spread Cost Calculator

XEMarkets - Forex Broker FXCM UK - Forex Capital Markets Limited - Forex Broker Plus500 - Forex Broker

Trading activity: deals
Avg. deal leverage: : 1
Account equity:
Past return on equity: %
Current spread: pips
New Spread: pips
Number of trades per year =
5
x
250
x 2 =
2500
Assumption:
250
trading days per year, each deal: 1 enter & 1 exit
Annual Trading Volume =
2500
x
2
x
1 million
=
5000 million
Number of trades x leverage x account equity
 
3
pips
2
pips
Absolute Spread Cost = (
5000 million
x
0.0003
)/2 =
750000
(
5000 million
x
0.0003
)/2 =
750000
(trading volume x spread) / 2
Relative Spread Cost =
750000
/
1 million
=
5 million
/
1 million
=
75
% of account equity
500
% of account equity
Absolute spread cost / account equity
Return on equity (with new spread) =
20
+
75
-
500
=
-405
% of account equity
Your return improves by:
125%

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