Sri Lanka — Pricing an Exit Ladder Before the Position Opens

Price several exits, not one. Enter the position once, then read what it is worth at three or four different close prices - the level where a partial close makes sense, the level where a stop can be moved to break even net of costs, and the level the position was opened for. A single number tells you nothing about what to do while a position is open; a short ladder tells you where each decision sits.

This calculator prices a close level on an open or planned position: choose the instrument, direction and volume, then enter your open and close prices. It uses contract specs measured on a live Exness account, so the money value is realistic. Pro mode shows the net result after spread, commission and overnight swap, with return on margin and the break-even exit price; switch to Simple for a quick gross figure.

InstrumentDirection

Volume (lots)Nights held

Entry priceExit price

Leverage 1:Currency

Commission ($/lot, round-turn)

Net profit / loss—

Return on margin—

—Gross P/L

—Spread cost

—Commission

—Swap

—Total costs

—Net pips

Break-even exit price—

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Every figure is computed from spreads and contract specifications captured on a live Standard account (2026-09-06). Figures are indicative — spreads may fluctuate and actual results will vary.

What is a 10-pip move worth on a 0.01 lot?

Take EUR/USD: one pip on a 0.01 lot is worth about $0.10, so a 10-pip move in the trade's favour is roughly $1.00 of gross profit. Crossing the measured 0.8-pip spread costs about $0.08, leaving about $0.92 before any commission or overnight swap.

Figures are indicative, from spreads and contract specs measured on a live Exness Standard account (2026-09-06). Converted to Sri Lankan rupee (LKR), the same amounts follow the current exchange rate, which changes through the day.

Questions that come up mid-way

Does the profit calculator show gross or net results?

Both. Simple mode shows the gross price move in money terms; Pro mode deducts the measured spread, commission and overnight swap, then adds return on margin, net pips and the break-even exit price. All figures are indicative.

Which currency is the result shown in?

Results are in USD by default, and Pro mode can display them in EUR or GBP at the measured mid rate. A figure in Sri Lankan rupee is the USD amount converted at the current exchange rate, so the converted amount is indicative.

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Why break-even is not the entry price

A position is not flat at the price it opened at. It is flat at the price where the gross move has covered the entry cost, and on a commission tier that includes the commission as well as the spread. Moving a stop to the entry price and treating the position as costless leaves the entry cost unpaid.

Pricing that level explicitly is the single most useful thing this calculator does mid-trade, because it converts a vague notion into a number that can be typed into the platform.

What a ladder is for once the position is live

Decisions taken while a position is running are the ones most affected by whatever the screen is doing at that moment. A ladder written before the order removes the arithmetic from that moment: the levels are already priced, and the only question left is whether the price has reached one of them.

It also makes a partial close a real option rather than an improvisation. Half a position closed at a priced level is a decision; half a position closed because the chart looked uncomfortable is not.

Reconciling the closed position

After a position closes, run the same numbers on the price it actually closed at and compare the result with what the platform reported. The two should differ only by things the calculator was told about: commission on a commission tier, and swap for nights actually held.

A difference beyond those is worth understanding rather than shrugging at, and it is a specific question for support: the account number, the position, the expected figure and the reported one.

Building an exit ladder before the position is open

Enter the instrument, the direction and the volume once. Those three stay fixed for the whole ladder.
Price the break-even level first: the close price at which the gross result covers the entry cost and nothing more.
Price a partial-close level next, and note what closing part of the position at that price actually returns.
Price the level the position was opened for, and subtract the nights of swap if it will still be open by then.
Write the three prices down as prices, not as distances, because that is the form the platform will show them in.
After the position closes, run the calculator once more on the price it actually closed at and compare with the platform report.

Figures here are indicative and computed from measured contract specifications. Past results are not an indication of future results.