Trading Charges

You can set the respective trading commissions here.

• Spread - the difference between your broker's buying and selling price in pips.

• Swap Numbers - these numbers represent the difference between the interest rates of the trading currencies in pips. They are accrued when a position is transferred into the following business day. This has the same effect as when the average price of the position is moved with the set number of pips in the respective direction. These numbers vary with the different markets and brokers. You should use less favourable values when testing the strategy.

• Slippage - if you are trading on a dynamic market, the current rate can change between the time of sending an order to a broker and the time of receiving it. In that case, the broker sends back an enquiry as to whether you accept the new price. If this is often the case, you can set a few pips slippage. Forex Strategy Builder accrues this slippage both, when you open and close a position.