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A standardised trade size. In forex, one standard lot equals 100,000 units of the base currency. Mini lots (10,000) and micro lots (1,000) a

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Lot

A standardised trade size. In forex, one standard lot equals 100,000 units of the base currency. Mini lots (10,000) and micro lots (1,000) are also common.

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