What is Foreign Exchange Difference (Selisih Kurs) in my Pluang portfolio?
Foreign Exchange Difference (Selisih Kurs), shown in the app as Forex Gain/Loss, is the part of your Rupiah profit or loss that comes from movement in the USD–IDR exchange rate on the US dollars you put in. It covers your US Stocks and US Stock Options positions, the money you put into leveraged US Stocks, and your USD cash balance. For a US stock, it measures how the exchange rate has changed the Rupiah value of the dollars you originally invested, while the stock's own profit or loss, converted at today's rate, appears as Asset Gain/Loss. When the Rupiah weakens against the dollar, Forex Gain/Loss is positive; when it strengthens, it turns negative. USDT has its own line, USDT Gain/Loss. Since the latest portfolio update, the currency effect on a stock's profit counts as Asset Gain/Loss rather than Forex Gain/Loss, so your total stays the same while the split between the two lines has changed.
How a US stock gain is split (simplified, illustrative rates)
You put in US$1,000 when US$1 = Rp15,000, so Rp15,000,000. The holding is now worth US$1,200 and US$1 = Rp16,000, so Rp19,200,000. Your total gain is Rp4,200,000.
- Asset Gain/Loss: US$200 profit × Rp16,000 = Rp3,200,000
- Forex Gain/Loss: US$1,000 × (Rp16,000 − Rp15,000) = Rp1,000,000
- Total: Rp4,200,000
Before the latest portfolio update, the same gain was shown as Rp3,000,000 Asset Gain/Loss and Rp1,200,000 Forex Gain/Loss. The Rp200,000 difference is the exchange rate gain on your US$200 of profit, which now counts as asset profit because you only earned it by owning the stock.
USD cash example
You convert Rp1,600,000 into US$100 when US$1 = Rp16,000 and keep it as your USD balance. Later the rate is Rp16,300, so the US$100 is worth Rp1,630,000 and Forex Gain/Loss is +Rp30,000.
| Line in the profit and loss breakdown | What moves it |
|---|---|
| Asset Gain/Loss | The asset's price, with a US stock's profit converted at today's rate |
| Forex Gain/Loss | The USD–IDR rate, on the dollars you put into US Stocks, including leveraged positions, and on your USD cash |
| USDT Gain/Loss | The USDT–IDR rate, on your USDT balances |
- Spot crypto has no Forex Gain/Loss. Spot crypto on Pluang trades in IDR pairs, so changes in a coin's value show up as Asset Gain/Loss.
Related questions:
Q: Why did my Forex Gain/Loss go down after the portfolio update while my Asset Gain/Loss went up?
Because the latest portfolio update moved the exchange rate effect on your stock profit from Forex Gain/Loss to Asset Gain/Loss. Your total unrealised profit or loss is unchanged; only the split between the two lines moved, by roughly equal and opposite amounts. Small differences between two screenshots come from prices and the rate moving in between. If your total changed, or Forex fell without Asset rising, contact Pluang Customer Service.
Q: Why is my Forex Gain/Loss negative?
Because the Rupiah has strengthened against the US dollar since you acquired your dollar holdings, so each dollar is now worth fewer Rupiah. A negative figure doesn't mean you lost dollars: your USD balance and the number of shares you own are unchanged. It measures the Rupiah value of those dollars at today's rate, and it moves back up if the Rupiah weakens again, so its sign can change over time.
Q: Do I need to convert my USD for Forex Gain/Loss to count?
No. The figure updates while you still hold the dollars, because it measures their current Rupiah value at the prevailing exchange rate. What you actually receive in Rupiah is decided only when you convert, at the rate shown at that moment, and the conversion fee of 0.25% of the conversion value plus 11% VAT on that fee applies as of September 2026.
Q: Why does Forex Gain/Loss move when the US market is closed?
Because the exchange rate keeps moving even when US stock exchanges are closed. Forex Gain/Loss follows the USD–IDR rate, not the share price, so your Rupiah figures can change overnight or on a weekend while US Stocks prices stand still. To see only how your stocks themselves have performed, switch the US Stocks tab of your Portfolio page to USD, which shows share price movement without the currency effect.