---
id: "P:cAlgo.API.Internals.Symbol.TickValue"
kind: "property"
type: "T:cAlgo.API.Internals.Symbol"
url: "https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/MarketData/Symbols/Symbol/TickValue/"
---

> Documentation index for agents: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/llms.txt · machine index: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/api.json

# Symbol.TickValue

Member of [Symbol](https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/MarketData/Symbols/Symbol/index.md).

## TickValue

Gets the monetary value of one tick. This is the monetary value of one tick of the symbol when you started your cBot or initialized your indicator. Its not updated in real time and it remains constant.

Environments: Desktop supported · CLI supported · Cloud supported.

C#:

```csharp
double TickValue {get;}
```

Python:

```python
api.Symbol.TickValue: float
```

### Returns

`double` — 

### Examples

C#:

```csharp
var riskAmount = Account.Balance * 0.01;
var stopLossTicks = 200;
var volume = Symbol.NormalizeVolumeInUnits(riskAmount / (stopLossTicks * Symbol.TickValue), RoundingMode.Down);
Print("Volume risking 1% with a {0} ticks stop loss: {1}", stopLossTicks, volume);
```

Python:

```python
riskAmount = api.Account.Balance * 0.01
stopLossTicks = 200
volume = api.Symbol.NormalizeVolumeInUnits(riskAmount / (stopLossTicks * api.Symbol.TickValue), RoundingMode.Down)
api.Print(f"Volume risking 1% with a {stopLossTicks} ticks stop loss: {volume}")
```