Your position size is determined by the number of lots and the size and type of lot you buy or sell in a trade: A micro lot is 1,000 units of a currency. A mini lot is 10,000 units. A standard lot is 100,000 units. Your risk is broken down into two parts⁠—trade risk and account risk. Forex is commonly traded in specific amounts called lots, or basically the number of currency units you will buy or sell.. The standard size for a lot is 100,000 units of currency, and now, there are also mini, micro, and nano lot sizes that are 10,000, 1,000, and 100 units. Calculating the pip value for this forex lot size is easy because we already know it is €0.27 or $0.30. 3 micro lots x $0.10 (which is the value of a pip for one micro lot) = $0.30 per pip After clicking buy or sell, a €3,000 deal would be executed where the potential exists to profit or lose €0.27 or $0.30 per pip. It is the regular lot size in the Forex trading marketplace, where traders can trade with 1000 units in the micro lot and 10,000 units in the mini lot. In the standard lot, traders can trade with 100,000 units of the base currency. FOREX.com is a registered FCM and RFED with the CFTC and member of the National Futures Association (NFA # 0339826). Forex trading involves significant risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors. Full Disclosure. Spot Gold and Silver contracts are not subject to regulation under the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act.