Exness Lot Size Explained: 1 Lot, 0.01 Lot, Cent Lots and Cashback per Lot

Short answer: on Exness, 1 lot is a fixed contract size that depends on the instrument — 100,000 units of the base currency for EURUSD and 100 troy ounces for XAUUSD, as published by Exness on 10 October 2026 — and the smallest order on most instruments is 0.01 lot. Cashback grows in a straight line with lot size: 1 lot of XAUUSD on a Standard account returns up to $15.5, so 0.1 lot returns up to one tenth of that and 0.01 lot up to one hundredth.

Last updated: 10 October 2026 · Reviewed by the OG Cashback Support team

What is a lot on Exness?

A lot is the unit you use to set the size of a trade. When you open an order in MetaTrader or the Exness Terminal, you do not type an amount of money; you type a volume in lots. The platform turns that volume into a position size using the contract size of the instrument.

Traders often use three names for common sizes. They are general trading terms, not Exness account names:

• 1 lot is a standard lot: the full contract size of the instrument.
• 0.1 lot is often called a mini lot: one tenth of the contract size.
• 0.01 lot is often called a micro lot: one hundredth of the contract size.

The lot size you choose decides how much each price move is worth to you. It also decides how much margin the trade uses and, for this site, how much cashback the trade can generate. A bigger lot means a bigger gain or a bigger loss for the same price move.

How big is 1 lot? Contract size by instrument

Each instrument has its own contract size. The table shows 1 lot and 0.01 lot for the instruments traders ask about most.

Source: Exness Help Centre, read 10 October 2026 (Forex, Commodities and Cryptocurrencies contract specifications). Contract sizes as published by Exness on 10 October 2026; index contracts are set differently from Forex and are not listed here. Check the current value in your Exness Personal Area or the Exness Help Centre before relying on it.

The same lot size can mean very different positions on different instruments. 0.01 lot of EURUSD is a 1,000 EUR position; 0.01 lot of XAUUSD is one ounce of gold. Always look at the instrument, not only the number of lots.

What is the minimum lot size on Exness?

The smallest order on most Exness instruments is 0.01 lot, as published by Exness on 10 October 2026. Some instruments have a different minimum; for example, Exness lists a larger minimum for some cent crypto symbols. The platform shows the minimum and the volume step for each symbol in its contract specification.

Check the current value in your Exness Personal Area or the Exness Help Centre before relying on it. To see the specification in MetaTrader, open the symbol's properties from the Market Watch list.

Our cashback has no minimum volume. It counts from 0.01 lot, and there is no cap. Very small trades produce very small amounts, and the credited figure can differ slightly from your own calculation because of rounding.

How much is a pip or a price move worth per lot?

Multiply the contract size by the price move. The table uses the contract sizes above and assumes a USD account. These are our worked examples from the published contract sizes, not separate Exness figures.

For EURUSD: 100,000 × 1 lot × 0.0001 = 10 USD per pip. For gold: 100 oz × 0.01 lot × 1 USD = 1 USD. For pairs where USD is not the second currency, such as USDJPY, the pip value is first worked out in the second currency and then converted, so it changes with the exchange rate.

These figures work in both directions. A 1 USD move in gold against your 1-lot position is a 100 USD loss. This is why lot size is the main tool for managing risk, more than the instrument or the account type. Read risk reward ratio and breakeven win rate to see how position size, stop distance and costs fit together.

Cent lots: how they compare with standard lots

On the Standard Cent account, volume is entered in cent lots. One cent lot is 0.01 standard lot, so 100 cent lots equal 1 standard lot. The balance is shown in US cents (USC), and cent symbols end in "c", such as EURUSDc or XAUUSDc, as published by Exness on 10 October 2026.

Cent lots are useful when you want very small positions with a small balance. They do not change the cashback for the same volume: 1 cent lot and 0.01 lot on Standard are the same volume. A beginner's guide to the cent account is in Exness cent account explained.

How does cashback scale with lot size?

Cashback is paid per lot, so it scales in a straight line with your volume. We return 90% of the partner commission Exness pays on your trades. On Standard, Standard Cent and Pro, that partner commission is a share of the spread — up to 36% of Exness's spread revenue on Standard and Standard Cent, and up to 22.5% on Pro. On Raw Spread and Zero it is a fixed amount per lot, per side, set by Exness for each instrument.

How we calculate: per-lot figure × lot size. For example, $15.5 × 0.1 lot = $1.55. Maximum figures: 90% of the partner commission at the top Exness partner tier; on Standard, Standard Cent and Pro the amount moves with the spread at execution. Exness sets the partner commission and may change it.

The per-lot figure depends on the account type. For the same 1 lot of XAUUSD, the maximum is up to $5.93 on Pro and up to $2.70 per lot, per side on Raw Spread and Zero. For EURUSD it is up to $1.94 on Pro and up to $0.783 per lot, per side on Raw Spread and Zero. The same lot-size arithmetic applies to each. Why the figures differ by account: Exness Pro vs Raw Spread vs Zero cashback.

Worked example: 22 trading days

Here is the same arithmetic over a month, for a trader who trades the same volume every trading day.

Up to, per month. How we calculate: cashback per lot × lots per day × 22 trading days, at the maximum per-lot figures above, rounded to whole dollars. For example, $15.5 × 0.1 lot × 22 days = $34. Raw Spread and Zero figures are per side. Examples are illustrative. Try your own volume in the Exness cashback calculator; for a cent account, enter cent lots ÷ 100.

Should you trade bigger lots to get more cashback?

No. Cashback grows with volume, but so does your risk. On 1 lot of gold, a 1 USD move against you is a 100 USD loss, while the maximum cashback for that lot is up to $15.5. Raising your lot size or trading more often only to earn cashback can cost far more than the cashback returns.

• Set your lot size from your risk plan: how much of your balance you accept to lose if the stop is hit.
• Treat cashback as a lower cost on trades you would place anyway.
• The cashback rate per lot is the same at every size. A larger trade does not get a higher rate, and a small trade is not excluded.

Getting cashback at any lot size

• New to Exness: open your Exness profile through our link, then open the trading account you want. See how to open an Exness account.
• Already with Exness: ask Exness live chat for a partner change to our Partner ID. After Exness's confirmation email, open a new trading account. Accounts opened before that email stay with your previous partner. Full steps: how to change your Exness partner.
• Check that the new account is connected with the free Exness rebate checker. A connected account shows up within minutes; if it is not found after about 30 minutes, it is not under us.
• The cashback is credited once a day to the trading account that traded, as a separate record — not in the profit of each order. See when and where your cashback appears.

The service is free, with no minimum volume and no cap, on every account type including Standard Cent.

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