Sizing in a Euro Account
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2026 6:53 pm
Sizing in a Euro Account
Scenario: your account is denominated in euros, with 5,000 euros of equity. You risk 1 percent on EUR/USD, with a 25-pip stop. EUR/USD is at 1.1000.
Work it out. Risk amount: 50 euros. The pip value of one standard lot is 10 dollars. To express that in euros, divide by the exchange rate: 10 divided by 1.10 is 9.09 euros per pip. Risk per standard lot at 25 pips: 25 times 9.09 is 227.3 euros.
Lot size: 50 divided by 227.3 is 0.22 lots.
Compare with a dollar account of equivalent size. A 5,000-dollar account risking 50 dollars at 250 dollars per lot would take 0.20 lots. The euro account takes 0.22 because the euro is worth more than the dollar.
Your platform probably does this conversion automatically, but if you use a spreadsheet calculator, you must set the pip value in your own account currency.
An additional subtlety: when EUR/USD moves, the euro value of a pip changes. At 1.20, the pip is 8.33 euros. At 1.00, it is 10 euros.
The principle is universal: express risk in your account currency, convert the pip value into that currency, and divide.
Takeaway: the account currency determines the pip value you use in the formula.
Practical step: compute the pip value of one standard lot of EUR/USD in your own account currency at today's rate.
Scenario: your account is denominated in euros, with 5,000 euros of equity. You risk 1 percent on EUR/USD, with a 25-pip stop. EUR/USD is at 1.1000.
Work it out. Risk amount: 50 euros. The pip value of one standard lot is 10 dollars. To express that in euros, divide by the exchange rate: 10 divided by 1.10 is 9.09 euros per pip. Risk per standard lot at 25 pips: 25 times 9.09 is 227.3 euros.
Lot size: 50 divided by 227.3 is 0.22 lots.
Compare with a dollar account of equivalent size. A 5,000-dollar account risking 50 dollars at 250 dollars per lot would take 0.20 lots. The euro account takes 0.22 because the euro is worth more than the dollar.
Your platform probably does this conversion automatically, but if you use a spreadsheet calculator, you must set the pip value in your own account currency.
An additional subtlety: when EUR/USD moves, the euro value of a pip changes. At 1.20, the pip is 8.33 euros. At 1.00, it is 10 euros.
The principle is universal: express risk in your account currency, convert the pip value into that currency, and divide.
Takeaway: the account currency determines the pip value you use in the formula.
Practical step: compute the pip value of one standard lot of EUR/USD in your own account currency at today's rate.