AED ACCOUNT COST / EDUCATION

Understand the cost of funding, trading and withdrawing.

Start with one worked example. Then use the calculator when you have the fee schedule and conversion quotes for a particular account.

Every starting value is hypothetical, not a broker quote. This example assumes no gross market profit or loss and does not check whether the account could support the trades. Actual losses can be much larger.

STARTING AMOUNTAED 1,000

The illustrative balance before fees.

MODELLED COSTSAED 128.17

Funding, ten round trips and withdrawal.

AMOUNT RETURNEDAED 871.83

An unchanged-market scenario, not a return forecast.

Where the difference comes from

Funding: deduct AED 25, then convert at 3.709225 AED per USD. About USD 262.86 reaches the account.
Trading: ten 0.1-lot EUR/USD round trips, a 1.2-pip spread and USD 3.50 commission per lot per side cost USD 19. No financing charge is included.
Withdrawal: deduct USD 5 and convert the remaining balance at 3.65 AED per USD. No receiving-bank fee is included.

These inputs illustrate how charges accumulate. They are not a recommended deposit, position size or trading plan. The model is for a USD account funded from AED.

Use the calculator with your own verified inputs

1. Fund a USD account

Starting amount · AEDDeposit fixed fee · AEDAll-in funding quote · AED paid for USD 1Includes the markup. A larger number buys fewer USD.

2. Model the trading costs

EUR/USD spread · pipsCommission · USD per standard lot per sideMinimum commission · USD per order per sideEnter zero only if no minimum applies. One opening and one closing order per round trip.Standard lots per tradeRound tripsWeighted charged nights per tradeUse 3 for a triple charge; all trades use the same holding period.Holding fee / credit · USD per lot per charged nightNegative means credit. Enter a verified schedule for a real comparison.

3. Convert and withdraw

Withdrawal fixed fee · USDAll-in return quote · AED received for USD 1Includes the markup. A smaller number returns fewer AED.Receiving bank fee · AEDReference valuation · AED per USDIllustrative reference, not an available bank quote.

What this result means

This is a USD-account, unchanged-market illustration: gross trading profit or loss is assumed to be zero before the entered costs. It is not a return forecast, a margin check, or proof an account can support these trades. Actual losses can be much larger. It does not model an AED-denominated account directly.

Reproduce the calculation

USD funded = (starting AED − deposit fee) ÷ all-in funding quote.
Trading cost in USD = lots × round trips × (10 × spread pips + charged nights × holding rate) + 2 × round trips × max(lots × commission, minimum commission).
AED returned = (USD funded − trading cost − withdrawal fee) × all-in return quote − receiving fee.
Cost difference = starting AED − AED returned.

FX differences use the same reference for attribution. Negative costs can represent holding credits or a favourable quote relative to that reference; they are not a forecast of trading profit.

Check the limits before substituting a broker

Use all-in FX quotes; do not add a second percentage markup. Add method-specific fixed fees only once. EUR/USD assumes 100,000 EUR per standard lot and USD 10 per pip per lot. Commission includes the entered minimum per order per side. Each round trip assumes one opening and one closing order of equal size; split orders, small-lot rounding, slippage, account fees and eligibility are not modelled. Withholding or blocked withdrawals are not represented. UNKNOWN broker terms are never loaded as zero.

Why the minimum matters

For a hypothetical USD 15 per-lot-per-side rate and USD 1.50 per-order minimum, a 0.01-lot round trip incurs USD 3 commission, not USD 0.30. At one lot it incurs USD 30. The minimum applies separately to each order. Read the published example and its account limitations →

Worked hypothetical example

AED 1,000 less AED 25, converted at 3.709225, funds about USD 262.86. Ten 0.1-lot round trips at 1.2 pips and USD 3.50 per side cost USD 19 before financing. Deduct USD 5 to withdraw, then convert at 3.65: approximately AED 871.83 returns, a difference of AED 128.17. No receiving fee or financing is included in this example.

Read account-specific evidence → · Check position-size arithmetic → · Explore margin separately →

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