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What does "base instrument" mean?

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  • First Post: Edited Sep 20, 2018 12:30pm Nov 2, 2014 11:05am | Edited Sep 20, 2018 12:30pm
  •  rapidace
  • | Joined Nov 2012 | Status: Member | 189 Posts
I wanted a bonus from Avatrade but according to their promotion.
It says, you need to trade 10,000 base instrument for every $1 bonus.
1,000,000 base instrument need for $100.

But what is base instrument?

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  •  BubaYaga
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standard lot is 100k base instrument.

So - if you want your bonus ten thousand dollars on you fifty thousand deposit - In a year, you need to open 2 ten lot sized positions every week (or 20 standard lots every week for 50 weeks).
if you don't do your maths, the maths will do you.
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  •  smikester
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I wanted a bonus from Avatrade but according to their promotion. It says, you need to trade 10,000 base instrument for every $1 bonus. 1,000,000 base instrument need for $100. But what is base instrument?
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It's the currency you use to fund your account.
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I wanted a bonus from Avatrade but according to their promotion. It says, you need to trade 10,000 base instrument for every $1 bonus. 1,000,000 base instrument need for $100. But what is base instrument?
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The first currency in the pair is the 'base currency'. The second one is the 'quote currency'.
You probably know that the value of 10,000 GBP/USD is 10,000 GBP. The value of 10,000 NZD/USD is 10,000 NZD.
In this case both would release $1 of your bonus, despite the double value and double margin requirement of the GBP compared to the NZD.
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  •  Forexnuts
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Base instrument - base currency and the other pair, the quote currency
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  •  jotekfinance
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Instrument being the pair part of it, btw.
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  •  leebsurag
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I wanted a bonus from Avatrade but according to their promotion. It says, you need to trade 10,000 base instrument for every $1 bonus. 1,000,000 base instrument need for $100. But what is base instrument?
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Try to avoid any bonuses your broker offers, their purpose is to withhold your deposit in trading account and force you to open trades as much as possible. The risk of unlocking bonus (trading out certain volume requirement) is much more than just earning it regularly from your own deposited money.
Be careful!
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  •  ekim787
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{quote} The first currency in the pair is the 'base currency'. The second one is the 'quote currency'. You probably know that the value of 10,000 GBP/USD is 10,000 GBP. The value of 10,000 NZD/USD is 10,000 NZD. In this case both would release $1 of your bonus, despite the double value and double margin requirement of the GBP compared to the NZD.
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I was also wondering the meaning of "base instrument." Thanks for the detailed explanation.
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  •  Arjun Bajaj
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I was about to answer but found that you got almost the answer
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  •  Anusragger
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A musical instrument that produces tones in the low-pitched range.
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  •  Evggne
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I wanted a bonus from Avatrade but according to their promotion. It says, you need to trade 10,000 base instrument for every $1 bonus. 1,000,000 base instrument need for $100. But what is base instrument?
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For example, take the EUR/USD. To get a $ 1 bonus you need to trade size is 0.1 lot.
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  •  richieforex
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Bonuses should not be an incentive!

They are a marketing ploy used by brokers to attract and retain clients whilst increasing the traders odds of failure
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