Sri Lanka — The Pre-Order Worksheet
Run this worksheet before the order window opens, in one direction: volume in, then required margin, pip value, spread cost and swap out. The point is not the individual numbers but the order - margin decides whether the order can be opened at all, and pip value decides what the stop distance costs once it is.
This worksheet prices a position before the order window opens — the required margin, the value of one pip, the spread cost and overnight swaps — using spreads and contract specifications measured on a live Exness account. The Pro planner sizes a position from your account risk, plans by reward-to-risk (gross and net of costs), uses your own leverage, takes the stop and target in pips or price, and adds commission and overnight swap; switch to Simple for a quick margin, pip value, spread and swap read on a chosen volume.
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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 does a 0.01 lot on EUR/USD actually cost
On a USD account, 0.01 lot of EUR/USD is 1,000 units of the base currency — a position of about $1,161 at the measured mid rate of 1.16139. At 1:200 leverage it needs about $5.81 of margin, one pip is worth about $0.10, and crossing the measured 0.8-pip spread costs about $0.08.
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.
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Why the order of the fields matters more than the arithmetic
Margin and risk answer different questions and are often confused. Margin answers whether the position can be opened; the pip value multiplied by the stop distance answers what happens if it goes wrong. A position can pass the margin check comfortably and still be several times too large once the stop is priced.
Running the worksheet in this order makes the volume the output rather than the input. Set the stop from the instrument, price it, and let the volume be whatever keeps the money at risk where it belongs.
Where the estimate becomes a fact
Everything worked out here is the plan. The figure that decides the trade is the one the platform shows in the order window at the moment of confirmation, because it uses the live price and the leverage actually applied to that account.
The gap between the two is normal and small. Treat a large gap as a signal to re-check the volume field and the account selected, rather than as a fault in either number.
One pass forward, no going back
The worksheet is designed to be filled once in one direction. Filling it, disliking the risk line and then raising the volume to make the target look better undoes every check above it, because margin, pip value and spread cost all scale with the volume that was just changed.
If the risk line comes out wrong, the thing to change is the trade rather than the arithmetic: a different stop distance from the measured range, a different instrument, or no position at all. Re-running the worksheet from the top after any of those takes under a minute.
The pre-order worksheet, in order
- Enter the instrument and the volume. Everything downstream is scaled from the volume, so it is the first field for a reason.
- Read the required margin and compare it with free margin in the terminal, not with the account balance.
- Read the pip or point value, then multiply it by the stop distance you intend to use. That product is the money at risk.
- Adjust the volume until the money at risk is the amount you meant to risk, then leave the stop where the instrument says it should be.
- Read the spread cost line and add it, because it is paid at entry whether or not the trade works.
- Read the swap line last, and only if the position will be held past the daily rollover.
Figures here are indicative and calculated from measured spreads and contract specifications. The order window shows the figure the server will apply.
Worksheet fields, in the order they are filled
| Field | What it answers | What to do with the result |
|---|---|---|
| Instrument | Which contract specification applies | Everything below is read from it, so set it first |
| Volume | The scale of every number that follows | Treat it as provisional until the risk line is checked |
| Required margin | Whether the order can be opened at all | Compare with free margin in the terminal, not with balance |
| Pip or point value | What each unit of price movement is worth | Multiply by the stop distance to get the money at risk |
| Spread cost | What entry costs regardless of the outcome | Add it to the target arithmetic before deciding |
| Swap | What each night adds if the position is held | Only fill this in when the hold crosses the daily rollover |
The figure that decides the trade is the one the order window shows at confirmation, using the live price and the leverage applied to that account.