Pip Difference Calculator
Convert the signed and absolute difference between two entered prices into pips and platform points using explicit user-entered pip and point sizes. The page keeps direction, price distance, pips and points visible without assuming that every symbol uses a five-digit FX convention.
Enter two prices and the symbol units
Use prices from one symbol and one basis. Copy the point size from the broker specification and state the pip convention you intend to use.
Entered price-distance conversion
Entered Forex Utility Scenarios 1.0.0
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How price difference is converted to pips
Signed pips = signed price difference ÷ entered pip size
Signed points = signed price difference ÷ entered point size
Points per pip = entered pip size ÷ entered point size
The subtraction order is fixed: ending price minus starting price. A positive result means the second entered price is higher, a negative result means it is lower, and zero means the two entered prices are equal.
Absolute distance removes the sign and answers how far apart the prices are. Signed distance preserves direction. Both are shown because a stop distance may need magnitude while an audit of price movement may need the original sign.
Pip size is a user-entered market convention, while point size is the broker platform’s smallest displayed price increment for the symbol. A common five-digit EUR/USD quote can use 0.0001 per pip and 0.00001 per point, but the calculator never applies that relationship automatically.
JPY pairs, metals, indices, cryptocurrencies and broker-suffixed symbols can use different digits, tick sizes, contract sizes and informal pip conventions. Entering both sizes makes the conversion reproducible without imposing the universal 100,000-unit assumption that has caused calculator errors elsewhere.
The output intentionally stops at distance. To translate pips into account currency, use a pip-value or profit-and-loss tool with the verified symbol, position size, quote currency and conversion context.
Worked example from the audited fixture
The audited fixture enters a starting price of 1.08425, ending price of 1.08680, pip size 0.0001 and point size 0.00001.
- Ending minus starting price is +0.00255. Dividing by 0.0001 gives +25.5 pips, so the absolute pip difference is also 25.5.
- Dividing the same price change by 0.00001 gives +255 platform points. The entered unit relationship is 10 points per pip.
Reproduce it: select “Load audited example” above. The immutable fixture is recomputed from the disclosed formula rather than copied from a provider result.
How to interpret the result
- Use the signed value when the order of observations matters. Use the absolute value when only the distance between entry, stop, target or two recorded prices is needed.
- Confirm whether the platform reports points, pips, ticks or price units. These labels are not interchangeable across all instruments.
- For a conventional four- or five-digit non-JPY FX pair, traders often use a 0.0001 pip. For many JPY pairs they often use 0.01, but the broker specification and your documented convention remain controlling inputs.
- Do not infer profit from a positive signed difference without position direction. A higher ending price benefits a long before costs but works against a short before costs.
- Do not round either price before entering it. Early rounding can remove pipettes and change the displayed distance, especially for small stops or execution comparisons.
- Use the same Bid, Ask, mid or executed-price basis for both observations. Mixing bases can embed spread in a number presented as pure movement.
Assumptions and limits
- No live quote, chart, symbol, broker specification, order, stop, target or trade history is connected.
- The calculator does not infer pip size from a currency-pair name or infer point size from decimal digits.
- Tick size can differ from displayed point size on some instruments. Version 1.0.0 does not perform a separate tick conversion.
- Contract size, lots, units, pip value, account currency, conversion rates, monetary P/L and risk percentage are excluded.
- Bid-ask spread, slippage, commission, swap, financing, gaps and timestamp alignment are not estimated.
- No entry, stop, target, order type, symbol, broker, strategy, signal or trade is recommended.
Which Batch 50 calculator answers which question?
These pages share a visual shell, not one interchangeable promise. The rebate tool projects entered eligible-volume cashback, the pip tool converts a price distance using explicit units, and the margin-call tool reverse-solves a constrained account-threshold scenario. Keeping these jobs separate prevents a pip distance from becoming money without position context, a rebate from becoming guaranteed savings, or a linear threshold from becoming a liquidation forecast.
| Tool | Primary input | Primary output | Hard boundary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forex Rebate | Entered rate and eligible volume | Cashback and cost-offset projection | No eligibility or payment claim |
| Pip Difference | Two prices plus pip and point sizes | Signed and absolute distance conversion | No monetary P/L |
| Margin Call Price | Account snapshot plus P/L sensitivity | Linear threshold-equivalent price | No liquidation forecast |
Frequently asked questions
- It subtracts starting price from ending price, then divides that signed difference by the entered pip size and entered platform point size.
- Signed pips preserve whether Price B is above or below Price A. Absolute pips remove direction and show only the distance between the two prices.
- A conventional pip is often 0.0001 for non-JPY FX pairs, but you should verify the symbol and document the convention instead of relying on a universal preset.
- Many JPY pairs use 0.01 as a conventional pip. The broker symbol and the analysis convention remain the controlling inputs.
- Not necessarily. A five-digit FX quote often has ten platform points per conventional pip, but instruments and broker specifications can differ.
- No. Profit depends on long or short direction, position size, pip value, account currency and costs. This page calculates price distance only.
- Yes only if you explicitly enter the pip and point conventions you intend to use. The page does not impose a universal metal, index or CFD pip definition.
- No. Both prices and both unit sizes are entered locally. No quote, chart, symbol, account or broker specification is connected.
Sources and methodology
- MQL5 — Symbol Properties — Official definitions for SYMBOL_POINT, SYMBOL_DIGITS, tick size, contract size and other broker-defined symbol fields.
- MQL5 — StringFormat Symbol Example — Official example reading SYMBOL_DIGITS and SYMBOL_POINT from the active symbol.
- Axi — Pip Calculator Guide — Broker education reference for conventional 0.0001 non-JPY and 0.01 JPY pip examples.
Version 1.0.0 performs deterministic local arithmetic and uploads no entered value. Sources define platform fields, common units and the researched calculator intent; they do not verify the user’s inputs or endorse a result.
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