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Exness Trading Calculator — break-even, and what the target has to clear (Bangladesh)

A calculator result becomes a plan only once the costs are put back into it. The spread paid on entry and the commission entered for the account sit between the entry price and break-even — the level at which closing the position returns the account to where it started. That level is not the entry price, which is why a target measured from the entry is not the target that pays, and why a stop dragged to the entry is not yet a stop at break-even.

An Exness trading calculator prices the gap between the entry and the point where a trade is worth nothing either way. The spread crossed on entry, the commission entered for the account and the swap charged for each night held all sit in that gap, and the Pro planner reports it as break-even, total costs and a reward-to-risk ratio shown twice — before costs and after them. Simple mode gives the same inputs a quick read: margin, pip value, spread and swap on a chosen volume.

Position size
Reward : Risk
Risk at stop
Reward at target
Margin required
Pip value
Spread cost
Swap
Net R:R (after costs)
Total costs
Break-even
Notional
Free margin

Calculations use spreads and contract specs measured on a live Exness Standard account (2026-08-09). Figures are indicative — spreads may fluctuate and actual results will vary.

How much is 0.01 lot on EUR/USD?

On a USD account, 0.01 lot of EUR/USD is 1,000 units of the base currency — a position of about $1,156 at the measured mid rate of 1.15585. At 1:200 leverage it needs about $5.78 of margin, one pip is worth about $0.10, and crossing the measured 0.8-pip spread costs about $0.08.

Figures are indicative, from spreads and contract specs measured on a live Exness Standard account (2026-08-09). Converted to Bangladeshi taka (BDT), the same amounts follow the current exchange rate, which changes through the day.

Frequently asked questions

What leverage does the trading calculator assume?
Margin defaults to 1:200 and the leverage field is editable, so the figure can match the account's own setting. Margin equals position size divided by leverage — at 1:200, 0.01 lot of EUR/USD needs about $5.78. Figures are indicative.
Can the results be shown in Bangladeshi taka?
The calculator works in USD, the deposit currency of the example. A result in Bangladeshi taka is the USD amount converted at the current exchange rate, so it moves with that rate — the Currency Converter page gives an indicative mid-rate conversion.
What is break-even on a trade?
The price at which closing the position returns the account to where it started: the entry, moved by the spread and by any commission already charged for being in the trade.
Is a stop moved to the entry price the same as a stop at break-even?
No. The spread and any commission were paid on entry, so a stop sitting exactly on the entry closes the trade slightly behind. Break-even is the entry shifted by that amount in the direction of the trade.
Does a tighter stop make costs matter more?
Yes. Cost per lot barely changes with the stop distance, so the same cost is a much larger share of a ten-pip stop than of a sixty-pip one.
How often is the spread actually paid?
Once per round turn — every time a position is opened and closed. A method that trades several times a day meets that cost far more often than one that trades twice a week, which is why the per-trade figure is worth multiplying out.
Is the break-even figure exact?
No, it is indicative. The spread at the moment of entry and the price the order actually fills at both vary, so break-even is a planning level rather than a precise one.
Where does the commission figure come from?
It is typed in, because it depends on the account type rather than on the instrument. Leaving it at zero prices a spread-only account; entering a per-lot figure prices an account that charges one.

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Break-even is not the entry price

A position starts behind. Crossing the spread means price has to travel that distance before the trade is level, and the spread cost the calculator reports is exactly that distance expressed in account money. A commission per lot adds a second fixed step, and every night the position stays open the swap moves the level again — in one direction or the other, depending on the instrument and the side taken.

On a five-decimal currency quote the distance looks trivial in price terms and is easy to wave away. The reading that matters is a ratio rather than an amount: total cost divided by the distance to the stop. At a tenth, cost is background noise. At a half, the plan is mostly cost, and no amount of being right about direction fixes that.

Moving a stop to the entry is not moving it to break-even

Dragging a stop up to the opening price is one of the most common habits on a running position, and it is usually described as going to break-even. Arithmetically it is not. The spread was crossed when the position opened and the commission, where the account carries one, was charged then too; a stop sitting exactly on the entry closes the trade slightly behind, by the amount already spent to be in it.

The level that genuinely returns the account to where it started is the entry moved by that spent amount, in the direction the trade is going. The calculator gives the distance in account money, and the pip value converts it into a number of pips to shift the stop by. On a wide stop the correction is barely visible; on a tight one it is the difference between a flat trade and a small loss repeated many times.

Cost per trade against the cost of a month

A cost that looks negligible on one ticket is judged properly only when it is multiplied by how often the ticket is written. The same figure the calculator reports per round turn is paid again on every position a method opens and closes, so a plan taking several trades a day meets it a hundred times in a month while a plan taking two a week meets it eight.

That multiplication is the honest way to compare two methods that both look profitable on paper. Running the calculator once with the intended instrument and volume, then multiplying total cost by the number of round turns a month realistically contains, turns an abstract few cents into a figure that can be set against the result the method is expected to produce. Where the two are close, the method is paying for its own activity.

What a break-even figure cannot know

The calculator prices what is knowable before the order is sent. It does not know the spread at the exact second of entry, because spreads move through the session and widen around the moments everyone is watching; it does not know that the fill will land on the price typed into the entry field. Break-even is therefore a planning level with a margin around it rather than a line to be defended to the tick.

It also has no view of what happens after the position is open. Adding to a position, moving a stop, or holding through a weekend all change the arithmetic that produced the first answer. The habit that keeps the number honest is running the planner again on the position as it now stands, instead of reusing a figure calculated for a trade that no longer exists in that form.

Turn a calculator result into a plan

  1. Choose the instrument and enter the account balance and the leverage the account actually uses.
  2. Set the stop distance first, in pips or as a price — it is the field the volume is derived from.
  3. Enter the commission per lot that applies to the account type; leave it at zero for a spread-only account.
  4. Read total costs and the break-even line, then divide total cost by the distance to the stop to see what share of the plan is cost.
  5. Multiply that cost by the number of round turns a month realistically contains before deciding the plan is affordable.

Figures are indicative and come from spreads and contract specifications measured on a live Exness Standard account; spreads move and an actual result will differ.

What each cost does to the break-even level

CostWhen it appliesEffect on break-even
SpreadOnce, on entryA fixed distance price must travel first
CommissionPer lot, where the account type carries oneAdds a second fixed distance
SwapPer night the position is still openMoves the level again while it is held

The first two are settled the moment the position opens, so they belong in the plan before the order is sent.

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