Exness Swap Rates — Overnight Costs in Dollars · South Africa
Swap rates read directly from the symbol specifications on the MetaTrader 5 feed available at Exness and converted into dollars per standard lot per night — 6 instruments, measured 31 Oct · 09:46 SAST.
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| Instrument | Long ($/lot/night) | Short ($/lot/night) | Triple-swap day |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUR/USD | -$5.80 | $0.00 | Wednesday |
| GBP/USD | -$1.60 | -$1.00 | Wednesday |
| USD/JPY | $0.00 | -$9.01 | Wednesday |
| AUD/USD | $0.00 | -$2.10 | Wednesday |
| USD/CAD | $0.00 | -$5.87 | Wednesday |
| XAU/USD (Gold) | -$47.47 | $0.00 | Wednesday |
Negative = charged to the account each night the position is held; positive = credited; $0.00 = no charge on that side. On the triple-swap day the nightly amount is applied three times to cover the weekend. Energies (US Oil, UK Oil) are the exception: no triple-swap day — the swap is simply applied each night.
What holding a position costs
| Instrument | Long · 1 night | Long · 1 week | Short · 1 night | Short · 1 week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUR/USD | -$5.80 | -$52.20 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| GBP/USD | -$1.60 | -$14.40 | -$1.00 | -$9.00 |
| USD/JPY | $0.00 | $0.00 | -$9.01 | -$81.10 |
| AUD/USD | $0.00 | $0.00 | -$2.10 | -$18.90 |
| USD/CAD | $0.00 | $0.00 | -$5.87 | -$52.80 |
| XAU/USD (Gold) | -$47.47 | -$427.23 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Example from the measured rates: holding one lot of gold long costs about $47.47 per night — roughly $1,898.80 over 30 nights once triple-swap days are counted. The same position held short carries $0.00 in swap. Direction matters as much as the instrument.
One week = 7 nights including one triple-swap night (9 charge units); for energies, which have no triple-swap day, a week is 7 nightly charges. Instruments with zero swap on both sides are omitted. Swap rates change with interest rates and market conditions — the platform shows the current rate before an order is placed.
Prefer no overnight swaps?
Exness offers swap-free trading on qualifying account types and instruments, which replaces overnight swaps for eligible traders. See the swap-free (Islamic) account page for how it works, or estimate a specific position’s swap in the trading calculator.
How these numbers are measured
- Swap long/short read from each symbol's specification on Exness's own MT5 feed.
- Converted to dollars per standard lot per night via the contract's tick value.
- Triple-swap day taken from the same specification, per instrument.
- Refreshed on a schedule; rates move with interest-rate differentials.
Measured in-terminal on Exness’s own MetaTrader 5 pricing feed and symbol specifications, refreshed on a schedule. All figures are indicative and change with market conditions.
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