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Gold profit calculator
Profit or loss on a XAUUSD trade, with spread and commission included. Most gold calculators show the gross move and stop there, which flatters every trade - on short targets those costs are frequently a double-digit share of the gain.
Costs ate 3.7% of the gross move on this trade. That is the number most gold profit calculators hide by showing you the gross figure alone — and it is why short-target scalping on a wide-spread account rarely works out the way the backtest suggested.
Assumes the standard 100 troy ounce contract, spread paid once on entry, and commission charged round turn per lot. Set commission to 0 for a standard spread-only account. Slippage and swap are not included.
Common questions
How do you calculate profit on XAUUSD?
Multiply the price move by your lot size and the contract size. One lot is 100 troy ounces, so profit is the move in dollars times lots times 100. A $10 move on 0.10 lots is 10 x 0.10 x 100 = $100 gross. Then subtract your costs, which is the part most calculators skip entirely.
Why include spread and commission?
Because on the short targets gold traders actually use they are a large share of the result. A $3 target on 0.10 lots is $30 gross; a $0.30 spread costs $3 and $7 per lot round-turn commission costs $0.70, so more than 12% of the move is gone before any slippage. A calculator showing only the gross figure is telling you a trade is better than it is.
What spread should I use for gold?
Check your own account, because it varies enormously. Raw spread and ECN accounts on XAUUSD are often in the $0.10 to $0.40 range with a commission on top, while standard accounts fold a much wider spread in with no separate commission. If you are unsure, watch the symbol in MetaTrader across a few different sessions rather than trusting a marketing page.
Does this include swap or slippage?
No. Swap only applies if you hold overnight, and slippage varies too much by broker and by moment to model honestly. Both make the real result slightly worse than shown, which is the direction we would rather be wrong in.