Exness Profit Calculator: Reading the Profit Column · Tanzania
A closed trade produces three numbers, not one: the price result, the cost of getting in and out, and the cost of holding the position overnight. The terminal reports them in different places, and only their sum is the money that reaches the balance.
The Profit column in the terminal is not a forecast — it is what the position would be worth if it were closed at this instant, spread included. It moves with every tick, it is not money until the position is closed, and it is not the whole story either: commission and swap arrive as separate lines. The panel below turns an entry price, an exit price and a volume into the same figure, on measured contract specifications, so a plan and an outcome can be compared in the same units.
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Calculations use spreads and contract specs measured on a live Exness Standard account (2026-08-16). Figures are indicative — spreads may fluctuate and actual results will vary.
What does a 10-pip move pay on 0.01 lot?
On EUR/USD, one pip on 0.01 lot is worth about $0.10, so a 10-pip move in the trade's favour is roughly $1.00 of gross profit. Crossing the measured 0.8-pip spread costs about $0.08, leaving about $0.92 before any commission or overnight swap.
Figures are indicative, from spreads and contract specs measured on a live Exness Standard account (2026-08-16). Converted to a local currency, the same amounts follow the current exchange rate, which changes through the day.
Questions about the result
Why is a new position already showing a small loss?
Is floating profit money?
Does a partial close produce one history line or two?
Where does commission appear?
How many swap charges does a week-long position collect?
Is the figure gross, or after costs?
Which currency does the closed result land in?
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Floating first, closed afterwards
While a position is open its result lives in the Trade tab and changes with every tick. It is calculated as though the position were closed right now, which is why it starts slightly negative: the entry has already crossed the spread.
Closing moves the result into the History tab, where it stops moving. That is the moment it becomes part of the balance rather than part of the equity, and the gap between balance and equity closes until the next position is opened.
The distance between those two states is what a plan is measured against. A target that looks reached on the chart is only reached when the exit fills, and a partial close splits one position into two history lines rather than one.
Costs arrive on separate lines
The spread is already inside the price result — it is not billed separately, it is simply the distance the price had to travel before the position turned positive. A tighter spread shortens that distance; it does not change the direction.
Commission, where the account type carries one, is a line of its own and is charged on the notional rather than on the outcome. It applies whether the trade worked or not.
Swap appears once for every night held and can be positive or negative depending on the direction and the instrument. A position kept for a week collects the line seven times, and on many instruments one of those nights is charged at triple size.
Comparing a closed trade with the plan
- Write down the intended entry, stop and target before the position exists — afterwards, memory adjusts them.
- Read the fill price from the History tab rather than from the chart; the two differ when the market moves fast.
- Put the same volume into the panel above with the real entry and the real exit.
- Add the commission line and the number of nights, so the panel figure and the history line are built from the same parts.
- Compare them. A gap that repeats is a cost that was never in the plan, not bad luck.
Where each number lives in the terminal
| Number | While the position is open | After it closes |
|---|---|---|
| Price result | Profit column in the Trade tab, moving with each tick | Fixed line in the History tab |
| Spread | Already inside the Profit column | Already inside the closed result |
| Commission | Charged at opening, shown on its own line | Stays a separate line in history |
| Swap | Added once per night held | Totalled across the nights the position lived |
| Effect on funds | Equity moves, balance does not | Balance moves, equity follows |
Indicative — figures come from spreads and contract specifications measured on a live Exness Standard account.