Stock Market vs Forex Trading: Which is Better for Beginners?
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Forex and currency
The smallest standard price movement in a currency pair; for USD/INR futures on Indian exchanges, one tick is 0.0025 rupee per dollar.
A pip, short for percentage in point, is the standard unit of movement in a currency quote. In most global pairs a pip is the fourth decimal place, 0.0001. On NSE and BSE currency futures, USD/INR is quoted to four decimals and the tick size is 0.0025, so prices move in steps such as 84.2500, 84.2525, 84.2550. With a contract of 1,000 dollars, one tick is worth ₹2.50. If you buy a USD/INR futures contract at 84.2500 and it moves to 84.3500, that is 40 ticks, or ₹100 per contract. Pips make currency movement sound tiny, but leverage on margin turns small moves into meaningful rupee gains or losses. Remember that for Indian residents only the exchange-listed INR pairs are legal to trade; offshore forex platforms advertising pip-based leverage of 500 times are outside RBI's permitted framework.
Compare stock market and forex trading for beginners on hours, capital, leverage and learning curve.
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