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GER40 Lot Size and Pip Value Calculator: Contract Size, Tick Value & Kelly Sizing

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GER40 contract size is 1 index CFD per 1.00 lot at about $1.08 (or €1) per 1.0 index point. Typical spread is 0.8 to 1.6 points with a 180 to 310 point daily ATR. For $100,000, lots = 1000 / (stop points × 1.08), which is 16.83 lots at a 55-point stop.

DAX gives European-morning prop traders an index session 6.5 hours before Wall Street. The primary 120-point trend often completes between 07:00 and 09:30 UTC after the Xetra cash open gap sweep. If you wait for 9:30 AM ET NAS100 habits, you missed GER40. If you trade the 07:00 UTC gap with a 22-point stop on 16.83 lots, the sweep takes the stop, then the trend leaves without you.

GER40 Pip / Tick Value $1.08 per 1 (1.0 Lot)
Average Daily Range 180 to 310 index points
Intraday Stop Benchmark 45 to 75 index points
$100K 1% Risk Reference 16.83 lots
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€1 or $1.08 per point, not $1 by assumption

Many GER40/DE40 CFDs are €1 per point, about $1.08. Some brokers use $1. The 16.83 lot 1% figure uses $1.08 and a 55-point stop: 1000 / (55 × 1.08) = 16.84. If your spec is $1, lots rise to 18.18 at the same stop. Read it. Do not paste NAS100 14.28 lots here.

Spread 0.8 to 1.6 points. ATR 180 to 310 points. Handles 19000, 19250, 19500. Frankfurt Xetra 07:00 to 10:30 UTC is the home book. US overlap 13:30 to 15:30 UTC is a second, NAS-correlated push.

07:00 UTC gap sweep, ZEW/IFO, ECB

Xetra cash open regularly gaps and sweeps the overnight range in the first 15 to 30 minutes. That is DAX's version of 9:30 AM ET. German ZEW/IFO and ECB are the local red folders. US CPI still hits in the overlap and can reverse a finished European trend.

connect your MT5 account to Venasri and wait for the 07:00 to 07:30 UTC sweep before 55-point structure trades. The 22 to 38 point scalp stop belongs after that sweep, not on the gap print.

16.83 lots at 55 points using 1.08

lots = 1000 / (stop × 1.08). At 55 points: 16.83 at 1%, 8.41 at 0.50%. Scalp 22 to 38 after 07:30 UTC, intraday 45 to 75, swing 120 to 210. Set 1.08 (or your spec) in the Half-Kelly Lot Size Calculator & Equity Guard.

If NAS100 will be your US session ticket, flatten or haircut GER40 before 13:25 UTC so you do not stack DAX leftover plus Nasdaq open. They correlate into US data even if the morning stories differed.

Trade 07:30 to 09:30 UTC, not the Xetra gap and not only Wall Street

Map overnight high/low. Let 07:00 UTC sweep. Take the 120-point European trend toward 100/250 handles by 09:30 UTC. Reduce into ECB. Do not wait for New York to start your DAX day.

Confirm sweep-complete, ZEW/IFO/ECB clear, and unused US-index budget on the Pre-Trade AI Confluence Checklist. GER40 is a Frankfurt index. NAS100 rules copied at 07:00 UTC without a sweep wait will still fail, just in euro timezone.

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Frequently Asked Questions: GER40 Lot Size and Pip Value Calculator: Contract Size, Tick Value & Kelly Sizing

What is GER40 pip value per 1.00 lot?

Often €1 per point, about $1.08, sometimes $1.00 even. Check MT5. The 16.83 lot figure assumes $1.08 and a 55-point stop. Recalculate if your contract is $1 or €5.

What lot size is 1% of $100,000 on GER40?

16.83 lots at 55 points and $1.08/point. 8.41 lots at 0.50%. If the broker uses $1/point, 1% is 18.18 lots at 55 points. Never copy NAS100 14.28 at 70 points without doing the math.

Why is the DAX stop 55 points?

ATR is 180 to 310 points and the Xetra open sweep is wide. 22 to 38 is a scalp only after 07:30 UTC. 55 points is the 1% structure reference. 25-point NAS-style stops get run at 07:05 UTC.

How do I convert a euro point to dollars?

If the CFD is €1/point, dollar value = 1 × EURUSD (about $1.08). If EURUSD is 1.05, use $1.05. Update when euro trends. Equity Guard must use the same number.

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