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Two forms of one charge

Account types decide where the cost sits, not how much a market moves · Taiwan

Choosing a type does not change the market. It changes the shape of the bill: whether the charge is folded into the quoted gap or split out beside it as a commission.

Every account puts the cost of opening a trade in one of two places. Some fold it entirely into the gap between the buy and the sell quote and leave the commission line at zero. Others quote a much narrower gap and charge a separate commission per lot. Neither form is cheaper by construction — a comparison only means something when both are converted into money on the same instrument, at the same size, at the same hour.

The two forms, in words

Standard and Standard Cent keep the commission line at zero and carry the charge inside the quote, with spreads starting from 0.3 pips. Pro also leaves the commission at zero and quotes from 0.1 pips. Raw Spread and Zero take the other route: quotes from 0.0 pips, with a commission stated separately — up to $3.50 per side per lot on Raw Spread, and from $0.20 per side on Zero.

Read the words «from» and «per side» carefully. «From» marks a floor a quote can reach, not a price it holds; the live figure moves through the day. «Per side» means the entry and the exit are billed separately, so one round trip is charged twice. Conditions can change, and the current terms are shown during sign-up.

Comparing two forms on one round trip

The comparison is arithmetic, and it can be done with nothing funded. Five steps, each closed by a written figure.

  1. Fix one instrument and one size

    Vary either and the comparison stops meaning anything. Write both down at the top of the page.

  2. Read the live gap on each form

    Both quotes, subtracted, in pips. Take the two readings within minutes of each other — a gap read this morning cannot be compared with one read tonight.

  3. Turn each gap into money

    Multiply by the pip value at the chosen size — around $10 per pip on a standard lot of most US-dollar pairs, around $0.10 on a 0.01 lot.

  4. Add the commission twice

    Where a commission is charged per side, count the entry and the exit. A zero commission line adds nothing here — that side of the bill is already inside the gap.

  5. Repeat at a different hour

    One reading is an anecdote. A gap can tighten while a market is busy and widen while it is thin or while news is due, and the two forms need not move together.

Each line on the ticket, and what it hides

The line on the ticketWhat it hidesHow to price it
Commission: 0.00The charge, folded into the quoted gapSubtract the two quotes and convert
Spread: 0.0A commission stated per lot elsewhereAdd both sides of the round trip
«From 0.3 pips» in the termsA floor, not the figure quoted nowUse the live gap in the sum
A balance counted in centsA size a hundred times smallerRestate the volume before converting
Swap-free on eligible instrumentsThe gap and commission, untouchedPrice the fill exactly as before

Nothing above needs a market view. Every row is a figure that exists while nothing is open.

The cent unit changes the arithmetic, not the price

A cent account keeps the balance in cents rather than whole units, and trades are about a hundred times smaller for the same nominal figure. The quotes are the same, the gap in pips is the same, and the charge converted into money comes out proportionally smaller — which is the point: a misjudged trade costs cents rather than a painful amount.

It is still real money in a real market, and the bill still runs: the gap at the fill, and a possible swap for each night past the daily rollover. A swap-free option exists, which removes the overnight charge on eligible instruments while leaving the gap and any commission exactly where they were.

What the choice cannot do

  • No name makes trading profitable. A narrower gap lowers the distance a trade starts behind; it says nothing about where the price goes.
  • A quoted floor is not a promise. «From 0.0» describes how tight a quote can get, not what it will be at the moment an order is sent.
  • Frequency decides which form bites. A charge paid per round trip is paid again on the next one, so the sum depends on how often trades are opened, not on the name.
  • A demo result is no promise of the same on a funded account. Virtual money reads calmly in a way real money does not.

Conditions and the current figures appear during sign-up; keep the basic safety rules in view. This site is an independent guide, not a broker: it opens no accounts, holds no money and takes no documents.

Questions asked with two tickets open

A zero commission line — does that make the account free?

No. The charge is inside the quoted gap instead of beside it. Subtract the two quotes and it appears.

Is a 0.0 pip quote cheaper than one starting from 0.3?

Only after the commission is added and both are converted into money at the same size. Until then the two figures are not comparable.

«Per side» — is that once or twice on one trade?

Twice: once when the position opens and once when it closes. A round trip has two sides.

Two accounts show different gaps on the same pair. Is one of them wrong?

Not necessarily — the two forms quote differently by design. They are also live figures, so readings taken minutes apart can differ on their own.

Does the account name change what the price chart draws?

It does not. The instrument's movement is the same on every type; only the pair of quotes and the commission line differ.

Does swap-free remove the whole bill?

No. It removes the overnight charge on eligible instruments. The gap at the fill and any commission are unaffected.

Which figures should be written down before choosing?

The live gap, the commission per side, the size, and the hour each reading was taken. Without the hour the comparison cannot be repeated.

Can two forms be compared without depositing anything?

Yes. A demo quotes live figures against virtual money, so the arithmetic runs before any account is funded. See the demo guide.

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