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Tick size

The smallest price increment an exchange allows a contract to move by; quotes exist only at multiples of it.

How to read the number

Tick size sets how finely a contract trades: the larger it is, the wider the narrowest possible distance between the best bid and the best offer.

When the metric lies

Ticks are counted in contract points, and a point is not a unit of currency. On index and currency contracts a result worked out from point differences alone comes out wrong.

Also known as: minimum price increment

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