Trading

Spread and Swap

The difference between bid and ask price is called "spread". Example: EUR/USD is trading at BID price of 1.28007, and ASK price of 1.28021, the difference (1.4 pip) is the spread. Land-FX clients benefit from the highly competitive spreads available in the OTC Market.

Pairs Quotes Swap Point Currency
Long Short
Hot EUR/USD
Bid
1.06425
0.0
Ask
1.06425
 -2.39 -1.39 USD
Hot GBP/USD
Bid
1.22329
0.0
Ask
1.22329
 -2.11 -1.96 USD
Hot USD/JPY
Bid
148.369
0.0
Ask
148.369
 0.06 -4.45 JPY
Hot EUR/GBP
Bid
0.86963
0.0
Ask
0.86963
 -2.04 -1.37 GBP
Hot XAU/USD
Bid
1,924.71
0.0
Ask
1,924.71
 -7.38 -1.48 USD
Hot BRENT
Bid
92.25
0.0
Ask
92.25
 -17.39 -22.53 USD
Hot US100
Bid
14,708
0.0
Ask
14,708
 -3.4 -7.7

Example of Swap calculation

If you are long 1 lot of USD/JPY overnight and the position is rolled for 1 day, the swap (the cost of holding the position overnight) is :

  • If long swap points of USD/JPY = -0.24
  • Contract size = 100,000 ( 1 Lot = 100,000 of the first-named currency)
  • Period(Day) = 1
  • Swap calculation = -0.00024 * 100,000 * 1 = -24 JPY

If when the swap is applied to your account, the currency of your account is USD and USD/JPY is 123.456, finally -0.19(USD) will be applied to your one at end of day(21:59 GMT)