One Pair, Four Separate Numbers · FxPro UAE — FxPro United Arab Emirates 2026
Entry cost, overnight carry, average range and fill speed answer different questions — collapsing them into one verdict is where comparisons go wrong.
Open FxPro Account →EUR/USD is quoted as two prices rather than one. A buy is filled on the upper side of the quote and closed on the lower one, a sell the other way round, and the chart draws only one of those two lines unless you ask it for the second. This page takes the pair from that angle: which side each order uses, how the distance between the sides is read on screen, and where the pair sits inside the currency part of the account's symbol list.
On our measured Raw+ data, FxPro's EUR/USD spread runs at a median of 0.2 pips and costs about $9.00 all-in per standard lot, at or below an independent interbank reference. Daily range averages 53.4 pips. The full measured profile is below.
EUR/USD spread and cost (measured)
What EUR/USD actually costs on FxPro’s Raw+ feed, measured tick by tick, and how the spread compares with an independent interbank reference feed:
| Measure | EUR/USD on Raw+ (measured) |
|---|---|
| Median spread | 0.2 pips (min 0.2, p90 0.2) |
| All-in cost / lot | $9.00 (0.9 pips break-even) |
| Commission (Raw+) | $7.00 round-turn |
| Spread vs reference | −0.09 pips |
All-in cost is the spread plus the $7 Raw+ commission per standard lot; break-even is the move needed to cover it. Full distribution on our live spreads page.
When to trade EUR/USD
The hours with the most price range for the spread you pay (measured tradability), in FxPro server time with GST in brackets:
| Best hours | Avg range | Spread |
|---|---|---|
| 15:00 (01:00 GST) | 21 pips | 0.2 pips |
| 16:00 (02:00 GST) | 14.5 pips | 0.2 pips |
| 17:00 (03:00 GST) | 11.9 pips | 0.2 pips |
Thinnest hours, where range barely covers the spread: 01:00 (11:00 GST), 22:00 (08:00 GST), 23:00 (09:00 GST). Server time is about UTC+3.
EUR/USD overnight swap and carry (measured)
What it costs (−) or pays (+) to hold EUR/USD overnight, and the net cost to hold over time (spread plus accumulated swap), per standard lot:
| Measure | Per standard lot |
|---|---|
| Swap long / night | −$8.90 (−2.81% a year) |
| Swap short / night | +$1.90 (+0.6% a year) |
| Hold long 1d / 1w / 1mo | $17.90 / $71.30 / $276.00 |
| Hold short 1d / 1w / 1mo | $7.10 / −$4.30 / −$48.00 |
| Triple swap | Wednesday night |
Carry % is the annualised swap yield; a negative hold cost means the position earns over that period. All pairs on our swap rates page.
EUR/USD volatility and daily range (measured)
How much EUR/USD actually moves — useful for sizing stops, targets and weekend risk:
| Measure | Measured (last 14 days) |
|---|---|
| Avg daily range | 53.4 pips |
| Annual volatility | 4.55% |
| Busiest weekday | Thursday |
| Avg weekend gap | 12.9 pips |
Average daily range is the mean high-to-low; volatility is annualised from daily closes; the weekend gap is the average Friday-to-Monday jump.
EUR/USD trading character (measured)
The measured personality of EUR/USD — how it tends to move, handy when picking a strategy:
| Measure | Measured |
|---|---|
| Market style | mixed (efficiency ratio 0.2) |
| Volatility regime | stable |
| Up days | 47% |
| Best / worst day | 82 / -107 pips |
| Downside volatility | 3.3% a year |
| Carry-to-volatility | 0.132 |
Market style (trending vs mean-reverting) comes from the efficiency ratio; up days is the share of days that closed higher; downside volatility annualises only the losing days. Measured over the recent window — not a forecast.
EUR/USD order execution (measured)
How real market orders filled — speed, slippage and rejects by order size:
| Order size | Avg fill | Avg slippage | Fails |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.01 lot | 89 ms | 0.0 pts | 0 |
| 0.1 lot | 78 ms | 0.0 pts | 0 |
| 1.0 lot | 89 ms | 0.0 pts | 0 |
Small sample (a few round-trips per size); indicative.
Frequently asked questions
What is the FxPro EUR/USD spread?
What does it cost to trade EUR/USD at FxPro?
What is the EUR/USD overnight swap at FxPro?
How volatile is EUR/USD?
Which side of the quote fills a EUR/USD buy?
Why does a new position open at a small loss?
Which line does the chart draw by default?
Which side triggers a stop on a short position?
Do all four numbers change when I switch direction?
Which of the four matters for an intraday trade?
Which matters for a position held for days?
Where does this pair sit in the symbol list?
How many symbols does a watchlist around this pair need?
Are these figures specific to one account type?
One instrument, two prices
There is no single EUR/USD price. There is a lower side, at which a sell is filled and a long position is closed, and an upper side, at which a buy is filled and a short is closed. Every cost figure on this page is a statement about the distance between them.
That framing removes most of the confusion around entries. A position that opens showing a small loss has not been mispriced — it has crossed the distance once, and it will cross it again on the way out.
Which of the two lines your chart is drawing
A MetaTrader chart draws the lower side by default. The upper side exists at every moment, a spread above it, and is only visible once the Ask line is enabled in the chart properties.
Every level you place inherits that choice. A target on a long has to be reached by the drawn line; a stop on a short is triggered by the hidden one, which is why the candles sometimes appear to stop short of a level that clearly filled.
One pair, four separate numbers
A pair profile is really four quantities: what it costs to enter, what it costs to hold, how far it usually travels, and how quickly an order is filled. They answer different questions and collapsing them into a single verdict is where comparisons go wrong.
Two of the four are side-dependent. Entry cost is the distance between the sides, and holding cost is quoted separately for a long and for a short — so the same pair has two different price tags depending on which way you are facing.
Where the pair sits in the currency list
In the account’s symbol list this pair is one line in the currency group, sitting with a handful of other majors before the minors and the crosses begin. The full catalogue reaches well beyond currencies into metals, indices, energies and shares.
Knowing the neighbourhood is useful because the majors behave as a block. What widens the distance between the sides on one of them usually widens it on the others at the same minute.
A five-symbol watchlist around one pair
A watchlist built around this pair does not need to be long: the pair itself, the dollar index or another dollar major for context, one metal, and whatever index you follow. That is a screen you can read without scrolling.
The point of keeping it short is not tidiness. With the spread column switched on, a five-row Market Watch tells you within a second whether the widening you just saw is specific to this pair or general to the session.
Setting the pair up so neither side is hidden
- Add the pair to Market Watch from the currency group of the full symbol list.
- Switch on the spread column so the distance between the two sides is displayed, not inferred.
- Enable the Ask line on the chart so both sides are drawn at once.
- Read the contract size and volume step from the symbol specification before sizing.
- Read the long and the short financing figure, and note which one your intended side uses.
- Decide for every order you plan which side will trigger it.
- Cut Market Watch down to the few symbols that give this pair context.
Every field above is read in your own terminal, which always shows the current version of the specification.
The four numbers, and which side each one comes from
| Number | Which side it describes | When it matters most |
|---|---|---|
| Entry cost | The distance between both sides | Every trade, paid twice per round turn |
| Holding cost | The figure for the side you entered on | Positions carried past a rollover |
| Average daily range | The drawn line only | Judging whether a target is reachable |
| Fill speed | The side your order type uses | Market orders and pending triggers |
Two of the four change when you flip from long to short; the other two do not.