How gold pips are counted here
One pip on gold is a $0.10 move in the price. That is the convention on our results page and copier, and a common one among signal providers. A move from 2,410.00 to 2,411.00 is 10 pips. One standard lot is 100 ounces, so one pip on one lot is $10, and a $1.00 move is $100 a lot.
Some providers count gold in cents instead, so the same $1.00 move is 100 “pips” in their numbers. That is a factor of ten. Ask which convention a channel uses before sizing from its pip figures. The prices in a signal are the same under either convention, which is why sizing from the entry and stop prices, the default here, is the safer input.
The worked example on this page
The values loaded here are the gold example from our sizing guide: a $5,000 account at 1%, so $50, on a gold sell with the entry at 2,410.50 and the stop at 2,418.50. That is $8.00 of price, or 80 pips. 50 ÷ (80 × 10) = 0.0625, rounded down to 0.06 lots, so a full stop costs $48.
Why gold needs a smaller lot than forex
A stop sits beyond the structure that justifies the trade, and on gold that structure sits further from the price than on a forex major. Gold stops of a hundred pips or more are normal in this convention, and wider setups run to several hundred: the one gold stop in our replayed month, 24 August to 21 September 2026, was 500 pips, $50 of price. The pip value per lot is the same $10 as EUR/USD, so a stop several times wider needs a lot size several times smaller for the same money.
Take the page’s example next to a forex one. On a $5,000 account at 1%, the 80 pip gold stop sizes to 0.06 lots and a 25 pip EUR/USD stop to 0.20 lots, so $48 and $50 are at risk. Put both at 0.20 lots and the gold stop alone costs $160, more than three times the rule.
Gold lot sizes by account
At 1% risk with a dollar account, for a tight, a medium and a wide gold stop:
| Account | Risk at 1% | 100 pip stop | 300 pip stop | 500 pip stop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000 | $10 | 0.01 lots | below 0.01 | below 0.01 |
| $2,500 | $25 | 0.02 lots | below 0.01 | below 0.01 |
| $5,000 | $50 | 0.05 lots | 0.01 lots | 0.01 lots |
| $10,000 | $100 | 0.10 lots | 0.03 lots | 0.02 lots |
| $25,000 | $250 | 0.25 lots | 0.08 lots | 0.05 lots |
Below 0.01 the trade does not fit a 1% rule on that account: skip it, or wait for a signal with a tighter stop. This is how small accounts get hurt on gold: the smallest lot is already bigger than the rule allows, the trade gets taken anyway, and then the next one gets taken bigger to win it back.
Contract sizes and cent accounts
Check the gold contract on your own account before trusting any calculator. In MetaTrader, open Market Watch, right click the gold symbol and choose Specification. 100 ounces per lot is the common contract, but some brokers and account types differ. Cent accounts scale both the balance and the lot, and brokers do it in different ways, so on a cent account read the specification and size one small trade by hand before relying on any number from a calculator.
Your broker may also name gold XAUUSD.m, XAUUSDpro or GOLD. It is the same market; the symbol suffix article explains why, and what the names break in copiers.
On Forexero gold signals
Our gold signals carry one entry, one stop and three targets, like the forex ones, and every closed gold signal is on the results page with its outcome, stops included. The gold guide covers the spread, the sessions and the news releases that matter for gold specifically.
Questions
How much is 1 pip on gold?
In the convention used here, one pip is $0.10 of price. On 1.00 lot, which is 100 ounces, that is $10 a pip. On 0.10 lots it is $1 a pip, and on 0.01 lots $0.10 a pip.
How many pips is $1 on gold?
Ten. A $1.00 move is 10 pips when one pip is $0.10. Providers that count gold in cents would call the same move 100 pips, so check the convention before sizing from pip figures.
What lot size for gold on a $1,000 account?
At 1% risk, $10 a trade: 0.01 lots on a stop of up to 100 pips, and no trade on anything much wider; on a 300 pip stop even 0.01 lots would risk $30.
Is 0.01 lots of gold one ounce?
On the common 100 ounce contract, yes. 0.01 lots is 1 ounce, so every $1.00 move in the price is $1.00 of profit or loss.
Why does my platform show gold with two decimals?
The second decimal is a pipette, a tenth of a pip in this convention. Ignore it for sizing; the calculator counts from the prices you enter.
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