Forex Rebate Calculator — Estimate Your Trading Cashback
Calculate exactly how much cashback you earn from your trading volume. Enter your rebate per lot and monthly lots traded to see total and annual rebate across 76+ instruments. Conversion rates auto-fetch from TradingView for non-USD accounts.
What Is a Forex Rebate Calculator?
A forex rebate calculator estimates the total cashback you will receive from your broker or introducing broker (IB) based on your trading volume. Rebates are paid per standard lot traded — regardless of whether the trade was profitable or not — and they accumulate into meaningful income at moderate to high trading volumes.
Most retail traders do not calculate their rebates in advance, which means they leave money on the table by not selecting the highest-rebate IB arrangement available for their broker. This calculator converts your monthly lot volume and rebate per lot into exact monthly and annual cashback figures in your account currency.
How Forex Rebates Work — The Full Mechanism
Forex rebates are a share of the broker's revenue — specifically the spread or commission markup — paid back to the trader via a third party called an introducing broker (IB). Understanding the full mechanism prevents confusion about where the money comes from and why rebates do not affect trade execution quality.
Every trade you place earns the broker revenue through the spread markup or commission. On a typical ECN account, the broker earns $5–10 per standard lot from the spread or per-lot commission.
An introducing broker who referred you to the broker receives a pre-agreed share of that revenue — typically $1–5 per lot depending on the instrument and broker relationship tier.
A portion of the IB's revenue is passed back to you as a rebate. This is credited to your account monthly (or weekly depending on the IB) and applies to every lot traded, win or lose.
How to Use This Calculator Effectively — and Who Should Use Forex Rebates?
Choose the pair or asset you primarily trade. This sets the pip size and contract size used in the calculation.
Select the currency your broker account is denominated in. The calculator fetches the live USD conversion rate automatically for non-USD accounts.
This figure comes from your IB agreement or broker cashback programme. Typical range is $0.50–$7 per standard lot.
Your average monthly trading volume in standard lots. 1 mini lot (0.1) = 0.1 in this field. Include both buy and sell sides.
See per-lot rebate in your currency, total monthly cashback, and projected annual cashback.
Any trader consistently placing 20 or more standard lots per month will see meaningful monthly cashback. At $3/lot, 20 lots = $60/month guaranteed, regardless of P&L.
Algo traders at 500–5,000 lots per month can earn $1,500–$15,000 monthly from rebates alone at a $3/lot rate. This is a significant contribution to strategy profitability.
Funded account traders who are not prohibited by their firm from using IB rebates can reduce effective trading costs — improving P&L metrics that affect evaluation success.
Managers trading client capital across multiple accounts often negotiate institutional rebate rates significantly above retail levels — $5–12/lot is achievable at scale.
Monthly Rebate Projections by Trading Volume
The table below shows projected monthly and annual rebates across common lot volumes and rebate rates. Use it to quickly identify how much your current trading volume is worth — and what a higher rebate rate would add to your bottom line.
| Monthly Lots | $1/lot | $2/lot | $3/lot | $5/lot | $7/lot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 lots | $10 $120/yr | $20 $240/yr | $30 $360/yr | $50 $600/yr | $70 $840/yr |
| 25 lots | $25 $300/yr | $50 $600/yr | $75 $900/yr | $125 $1,500/yr | $175 $2,100/yr |
| 50 lots | $50 $600/yr | $100 $1,200/yr | $150 $1,800/yr | $250 $3,000/yr | $350 $4,200/yr |
| 100 lots | $100 $1,200/yr | $200 $2,400/yr | $300 $3,600/yr | $500 $6,000/yr | $700 $8,400/yr |
| 200 lots | $200 $2,400/yr | $400 $4,800/yr | $600 $7,200/yr | $1,000 $12,000/yr | $1,400 $16,800/yr |
| 500 lots | $500 $6,000/yr | $1,000 $12,000/yr | $1,500 $18,000/yr | $2,500 $30,000/yr | $3,500 $42,000/yr |
| 1000 lots | $1,000 $12,000/yr | $2,000 $24,000/yr | $3,000 $36,000/yr | $5,000 $60,000/yr | $7,000 $84,000/yr |
| 2000 lots | $2,000 $24,000/yr | $4,000 $48,000/yr | $6,000 $72,000/yr | $10,000 $120,000/yr | $14,000 $168,000/yr |
USD values. Annual projection = monthly × 12. Rebate rates shown are indicative ranges — actual rates depend on broker and IB arrangement. Both sides of each trade (buy and sell) count as separate lots for rebate purposes.
How Rebates Reduce Your Effective Spread Cost — and Broker vs IB Rebates
Forex rebates directly reduce your effective cost per trade. A $3/lot rebate on EUR/USD at 1 pip spread is equivalent to a 30% reduction in your total trading cost per trade — because the $10 pip value on a standard lot means the 1-pip spread costs $10, and the $3 rebate offsets 30% of that cost automatically.
- Directly from the broker — no third party involved
- Often tied to specific account types or VIP levels
- Typically lower rates: $0.50–$2/lot
- Credited automatically — no sign-up process
- May come with conditions (min volume, restricted instruments)
- Via a regulated third-party IB who referred you to the broker
- Access to higher rates than direct broker programmes: $1–7/lot
- IB handles rebate tracking and monthly payment
- Requires signing up through the IB's link (must use their referral)
- No change to your trading conditions — same broker, same execution