A mini account minimum transaction size is 10,000 units (USD, EUR of GBP or what ever).
In order to put yourself in a position to be able to have a high probability to make it in FX trading and make money from it you probably need around $3000 plus a lot of luck to make a success of a mini account in the long run.
X 10 for a standard account.
The value of a pip =
see
http://www.forextips.com/pipcal.htm
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