Forex slippage is the gap between the price you clicked and the price you actually got. It happens when the market moves faster than your order can be filled, mostly around news and in thin markets. You can’t remove it completely, but limit orders, smarter timing, liquid pairs and a good broker cut it a lot.
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On most brokers, one standard lot of gold (XAU/USD) is 100 ounces, so every $1 move in the gold price equals $100 profit or loss per lot. A 0.10 lot makes $10 per $1 move, and a 0.01 micro lot makes $1. Always check your broker’s contract size first, because a few brokers define it differently.
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To get FBS cashback, open an FBS Standard account through FXPayback’s partner link, or ask FBS support to attach your existing account to our partner ID. You then get back up to 25% of the spread on every qualifying lot, paid daily, win or lose, and you can withdraw from just $1.
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Don’t try to guess the number. Trade the reaction. Mark the big releases (NFP, CPI, FOMC), cut your position size before them, skip the first one to five minutes when spreads are widest, then trade the direction that holds. Keep stops outside the noise, and keep your costs low, because news days mean more trades.
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Register a free FXPayback account, open a new Exness account through our partner link, and trade as usual. Part of the spread Exness shares with us comes back to you on every lot, win or lose. At the time of writing, that’s $2–3 per lot on forex and up to $5–7 on gold (Standard account).
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Most professional traders risk 0.5% to 2% of their account per trade, and 1% is the most common starting point. On a $1,000 account that means losing no more than $10 if your stop-loss is hit. You set the stop first, then size the position to fit that dollar risk, never the other way round.
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A gold scalping strategy means taking many small, quick trades on XAU/USD, usually on 1- to 5-minute charts, aiming for a few dollars of price movement each time. It works best during the London and New York sessions, with fixed risk, hard stops and very low trading costs, because spread and commission eat a big share of small targets.
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