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

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USDCHF contract size is 100,000 USD per 1.00 standard lot. Quoted in francs, pip value is about $11.40 per 0.0001, heavier than EURUSD. Typical spread is 0.3 to 0.9 pips with a 50 to 75 pip daily ATR. For $100,000, lots = 1000 / (stop pips × 11.40), which is 4.38 lots at a 20-pip stop.

Swissy is the EURUSD mirror at about -0.92 correlation, with a more expensive pip. Long euro and short USDCHF is the same dollar-short twice, except the franc leg charges $11.40 per pip instead of $10. SNB quarterly assessments can still gap the pair the way 2015 taught everyone, even if that exact floor is gone.

USDCHF Pip / Tick Value $11.40 per 0.0001 (1.0 Lot)

Average Daily Range 50 to 75 pips

Intraday Stop Benchmark 18 to 28 pips

$100K 1% Risk Reference 4.38 lots

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A $11.40 pip on 100,000 USD quoted in francs

1.00 lot is 100,000 USD. A 0.0001 CHF pip is 10 CHF. Divide by USDCHF (near 0.88) and you get about $11.40. Below parity the pip is heavier than a euro pip; that is the opposite of CAD and JPY conversion. 4.38 lots at 20 pips is 1% because each pip costs more, not because Swissy is "safer."

Spread 0.3 to 0.9 pips, ATR 50 to 75 pips, figures at 0.8750 / 0.8800 / 0.8850. Zurich/London 06:30 to 10:30 UTC and NY 12:30 to 15:30 UTC are the books that can support an 8 to 14 pip scalp stop.

The mirror trade and the SNB headline

If EURUSD rips 40 pips, USDCHF usually dumps a similar fraction. Running both tickets is double USD risk with two spreads. Geopolitical safe-haven bids can break the mirror for a morning, which is when the "hedge" becomes two losers.

SNB quarterly policy assessments are the scheduled gap risk. connect your MT5 account to Venasri and flatten Swissy into those stamps. Unscheduled verbal intervention still happens; size as if a 40-pip hole is possible.

4.38 lots at 20 pips, and never plus a full euro ticket

lots = 1000 / (stop pips × 11.40). At 20 pips: 1000 / 228 = 4.39, matching 4.38 lots. At 0.50% that is 2.19 lots. Scalp 8 to 14, intraday 18 to 28, swing 45 to 70. Put 11.40 in the Half-Kelly Lot Size Calculator & Equity Guard or you will think 5.00 lots is 1% when it is closer to 1.14%.

If EURUSD is already 2.50 lots, USDCHF size is zero or both are halved. Correlation Guard is named for this pair.

Trade Zurich hours, skip the euro clone

Prime: Zurich/London morning at parity handles, H4 aligned, spread under 0.9, no SNB. Do not open Swissy solely because euro "needs a hedge."

Tick euro-correlation, SNB calendar, and $11.40 pip on the Pre-Trade AI Confluence Checklist. USDCHF is a conversion-and-correlation problem first. Direction is second.

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

Why is USDCHF pip value about $11.40?

Quote currency is CHF. 10 CHF per pip per lot, divided by USDCHF near 0.88, is about $11.40. Below 1.00 the dollar pip is heavier than EURUSD's $10. Recalculate if the pair trends toward 0.80 or 0.95.

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

4.38 lots at a 20-pip stop. Use 2.19 lots at 0.50%. A 5.00 lot euro-style ticket would risk about $1,140 at 20 pips, already over 1%.

How do I convert a franc pip to USD?

CHF pip = 10 CHF per 1.00 lot. Dollar pip = 10 / USDCHF_price. At 0.8800 that is $11.36. At 0.9000 that is $11.11. Use live mid, not a sticky $11.

If I am long EURUSD, should I short USDCHF?

That is the same USD-short. Pick one. If you run both, combined risk stays 0.50%, which means each ticket is token size. Prop daily limits count both.