Ultima Markets lot size and contract specs
Position size is arithmetic in the account’s base currency — which is not the currency a Malaysian trader thinks in. That gap is where beginners misjudge risk.
Open an FxPro account →One standard lot at Ultima Markets is 100,000 units of the base currency, a mini lot is 10,000 and a micro lot is 1,000, giving pip values of 10, 1 and 0.10 units of the quote currency. On the MT5-only Cent tiers the same notation runs at cent scale, which is why commission there is quoted as 0 USC or 5 USC.
Lot sizes and what each pip is worth
The units first; the local translation below them.
- A standard forex lot is 100,000 units of the base currency; a mini lot is 10,000 and a micro lot is 1,000
- Pip value follows directly: 10 units of the quote currency on a standard lot, 1 on a mini, 0.10 on a micro
- Cent accounts are denominated in cent units — commission is quoted as 0 USC or 5 USC — so the same lot notation moves one hundredth of the money
- The Cent tiers are MT5-only and cover 60+ currency pairs and gold, against 250+ CFD instruments on the main tiers
- Lot size and leverage are separate dials: leverage decides the margin locked, lot size decides how much each pip is worth
Pip value by lot size on a USD-quoted pair
| Lot | Units | Value of 1 pip |
|---|---|---|
| 1.00 standard | 100,000 | 10 USD |
| 0.10 mini | 10,000 | 1 USD |
| 0.01 micro | 1,000 | 0.10 USD |
| 1.00 on a Cent account | 100,000 cent units | the same figure in cent terms |
Translating a lot into ringgit
Pip value is quoted in the quote currency: 10 units on a standard 100,000-unit lot, 1 on a mini, 0.10 on a micro. A trader in Malaysia has to make one more hop to feel what that means, because the balance arrived as ringgit and the mental budget is still in ringgit.
Take the smallest realistic case. A first deposit at the account floor of 50 USD is a few hundred ringgit. One micro lot on a USD-quoted pair moves 0.10 USD per pip — so a 60-pip move, an ordinary day in EUR/USD, is about 6 USD, which is above a tenth of that balance. Nothing has gone wrong at that point; that is simply what the smallest available position does to the smallest available balance.
This is the reason the MT5-only Cent tiers exist and why they are worth understanding rather than dismissing. On a Cent account the balance and the commission are quoted in cent units (0 USC on Standard Cent, 5 USC on ECN Cent), so the same notation moves one hundredth of the money and a small ringgit deposit can hold a position without the position dominating the account. The instrument list is narrower there — 60+ currency pairs and gold, against 250+ CFD instruments on the main tiers — which is the trade you are making. Leverage itself is defined in Wikipedia’s finance entry.
Where the terminal choice bites
Cent-denominated sizing is available on MetaTrader 5 only. The broker’s account-types page (read on 15 September 2026) lists MetaTrader 4 on the Standard and ECN tiers and lists the Cent tiers on MetaTrader 5 only — so a cent balance and MT4 are not a pairing the broker offers, which is the practical reason a small first deposit and MT4 sit badly together.
Sources and verification dates
Account tiers, the Cent-account scope and the instrument counts were read on Ultima Markets’ own pages on 15 September 2026. The dating rule behind those readings is on sources, dates and corrections. Lot and pip conventions are standard across the market — see Investopedia on lot size and on the pip.
What one lot is, in units and in money
A standard lot is 100,000 units of the base currency, a mini lot 10,000, a micro lot 1,000. On a USD-quoted pair that makes one pip worth 10, 1 and 0.10 USD respectively — fixed by lot size alone, regardless of the leverage on the account.
Lot size and leverage are separate dials that beginners routinely conflate. Leverage decides the margin locked; lot size decides what each pip costs.
The same lot on a cent account
The two Cent tiers are MT5-only and denominated in cent units: commission is quoted as 0 USC on Standard Cent and 5 USC on ECN Cent. The notation is identical, the money is one hundredth of the scale, and the instrument list narrows to 60+ currency pairs and gold from the 250+ instruments on the main tiers.
That trade — narrower market access for survivable position sizes — is the whole purpose of the tier.
Sizing against a balance that started as ringgit
The account minimum is 50 USD, a few hundred ringgit. One micro lot against that balance moves 0.10 USD per pip, so an ordinary 60-pip day is about 6 USD — more than a tenth of the account, with nothing having gone wrong.
The arithmetic is the whole argument: the smallest position a standard tier allows is 0.01 lots, worth 0.10 USD a pip, so a 60-pip day is about 6 USD against a 50 USD balance — roughly 12% of it. The options are a larger balance, a cent-denominated tier, or accepting that proportion.