Specification, and How to Check It Yourself · FxPro UAE — FxPro United Arab Emirates 2026
Contract size, volume step and latency are properties you can read in your own terminal — everything else is arithmetic on top of them.
Open FxPro Account →Trading conditions are properties of a symbol, and several of them depend on which side of the quote you are on. Contract size, volume step and the minimum distance an order may sit from the price are read from the specification; which line triggers your stop, and which financing figure applies, are decided by whether the position is long or short. This page reads the specification with that split in mind, and then asks how a catalogue this long is narrowed to a list you can follow.
Contract specifications (measured)
| Instrument | Min lot | Max lot | Lot step | Contract size | Tick value (USD) | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUR/USD | 0.01 | 500 | 0.01 | 100,000 | $1.00 | 5 |
| GBP/USD | 0.01 | 500 | 0.01 | 100,000 | $1.00 | 5 |
| AUD/USD | 0.01 | 500 | 0.01 | 100,000 | $1.00 | 5 |
| USD/CAD | 0.01 | 500 | 0.01 | 100,000 | $0.72 | 5 |
| USD/JPY | 0.01 | 500 | 0.01 | 100,000 | $0.63 | 3 |
| XAU/USD (Gold) | 0.01 | 500 | 0.01 | 100 | $1.00 | 2 |
Read live from FxPro’s MT5 Raw+ account. ‘Tick value’ is the cash change per minimum price increment, per standard lot, in USD — what one point is worth to your P&L. Last read 2026-08-14.
Order rules and account risk
- Minimum order 0.01 lot and maximum 500 lots, in 0.01-lot steps (0.01 lot = 1,000 units on an FX major).
- No minimum stop or limit distance (stops level 0) — you can place a stop-loss or take-profit right next to price, which suits scalping and expert advisors.
- Margin call at 10% and stop-out at 0% margin level, as measured on the Raw+ account — confirm the live levels in your own terminal before risking capital.
- Contract size 100,000 units per lot on FX majors and 100 oz per lot on gold.
Execution speed and slippage (measured)
| Instrument | Order size | Avg fill | Max fill | Avg slippage (pts) | At price / better / worse | Fails |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUR/USD | 0.01 | 89 ms | 94 ms | 0.0 | 3 / 0 / 0 | 0 |
| EUR/USD | 0.1 | 78 ms | 78 ms | 0.0 | 3 / 0 / 0 | 0 |
| EUR/USD | 1.0 | 89 ms | 94 ms | 0.0 | 3 / 0 / 0 | 0 |
| GBP/USD | 0.01 | 83 ms | 94 ms | 0.0 | 3 / 0 / 0 | 0 |
| GBP/USD | 0.1 | 83 ms | 93 ms | 0.0 | 3 / 0 / 0 | 0 |
| GBP/USD | 1.0 | 88 ms | 94 ms | 1.0 | 1 / 0 / 2 | 0 |
| XAU/USD (Gold) | 0.01 | 83 ms | 93 ms | 5.667 | 1 / 0 / 2 | 0 |
| XAU/USD (Gold) | 0.1 | 141 ms | 250 ms | -4.333 | 2 / 1 / 0 | 0 |
| XAU/USD (Gold) | 1.0 | 83 ms | 94 ms | 9.667 | 1 / 0 / 2 | 0 |
Measured by placing real market orders on the Raw+ account and timing each fill; slippage is the price difference (in points) between the click and the fill, and ‘at price / better / worse’ counts how those fills landed. Small sample (a few round-trips per size) — indicative, last read 2026-06-24.
Instrument universe (measured)
FxPro’s live MT5 server carries 2,122 tradable instruments — the real count, not a rounded marketing figure. The major tradable asset classes:
| Asset class | Instruments |
|---|---|
| Stocks | 1,856 |
| Forex | 75 |
| Futures | 57 |
| ETFs | 46 |
| Cryptos | 36 |
| Spot | 22 |
| Metals | 12 |
Counted directly on the trading server. Availability of a specific instrument can vary by account and region.
Specification is not marketing
Contract size, minimum volume, volume step and financing rates are properties of the instrument as the platform defines them. They can be read directly, and they do not vary with who is asking or where the question is asked from.
Everything derived from them — margin, the value of a pip, the cost of a night — is arithmetic on top. That is why the specification window, not a summary page, is the reference.
The fields that depend on which side you are on
Some rows in a specification are neutral: contract size and volume step apply to a long and a short identically. Others are not: financing is quoted twice, once per direction, and the price your orders are triggered from flips with the side you take.
Reading a specification without that split is how a plan ends up costed for the direction it was not taken in. It is worth writing the two side-dependent rows out separately before sizing anything.
How close an order is allowed to sit
The specification also states the minimum distance an order may be placed from the current price. On some instruments that distance is zero, which means a stop or a target can sit anywhere; on others it is not, and the field is the only place that says so.
Whatever the value, it is measured from the side that would trigger the order rather than from the line the chart draws. Reading it off the candles is how a level ends up legal on screen and refused by the platform.
The catalogue behind one specification
One specification describes one symbol, and the account carries a great many of them, spread across currencies, metals, indices, energies, share CFDs and futures. The groups do not share conventions: what a lot means, and how a quote is expressed, changes as you move between them.
That is the real reason instrument counts are a weak comparison. A long list is only worth as much as the part of it you can read specifications for.
Narrowing a catalogue into a working list
A usable watchlist is built by subtraction rather than search. Start from the group you trade, keep the instruments whose specification you have actually read, and leave the rest in the full list where they can be found when there is a reason.
Kept that way, Market Watch becomes a working instrument panel: every row is one you know the contract size for, the financing pair for, and the side each of your orders will be triggered from.
Reading a specification before you size a trade
- Open the symbol specification from the right-click menu in Market Watch.
- Write down contract size and volume step — every later calculation stands on those two.
- Note the minimum distance an order may sit from the price, and the band where it cannot be modified.
- Copy both financing figures, long and short, and mark the one your side will use.
- Check the trading session rows, and convert them to your own clock rather than assuming.
- Repeat for every symbol you intend to keep in Market Watch — and only for those.
- Re-read the specification after any change, because it always shows the current version.
Contract terms can be revised; the terminal shows what is in force now, which is exactly why it is the reference rather than a copy of it.
Which specification fields depend on your side
| Field | Depends on the side? | What it governs |
|---|---|---|
| Contract size | No | How a quoted distance converts into money |
| Volume step and minimum volume | No | The smallest position you can take |
| Financing figure | Yes | Long and short are quoted separately |
| Order trigger price | Yes | Longs are triggered from the lower side, shorts from the upper |
| Minimum order distance | Measured from the triggering side | How close a stop or target may sit |
| Trading sessions | No | When the instrument accepts orders at all |