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# How to set up a payment plan for symbols
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Go to **Introducing brokers** > **Program** > **Types**.
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Select an IB type from the list and click its name or .
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Go to the **Symbols** tab.
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Select the symbol for which you want to configure payment preferences and click . For a quick search, you can filter symbols by a platform, trading group, symbol name, and other criteria.
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From the **Payment plan** dropdown, select an option for reward calculation. For detailed descriptions, refer to [Payment plans](/for-brokers/payment-plans.md). Remember that available payment plans depend on the platform.
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Depending on the selected payment plan, fill in corresponding fields (see [below](#payment-plan-settings)).
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In the **Position** field, select the positions for which you want to calculate the reward amount: open, close, or both.
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In the **Apply** field, select whether to apply the specified settings to the current symbol or to a trading group.
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Click **Create** to apply the changes.
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How to set up a payment plan for symbols
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## Payment plan settings
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{% tab title="Commission" %}
* Indicate the **Percentage** of the received commission that you want to pay to your partners. For example, **10** means 10%. Positive integer and decimal values in the range from 0 (zero) to 100 are supported.
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{% tab title="Lot" %}
* Select the **Currency** in which rewards will be paid. If a partner's wallet currency differs from the reward currency, then the reward amount is converted into the wallet currency. The conversion occurs at the current exchange rate at the time of calculation.
* Specify the **Amount** that you want to pay your partners for each lot traded by their clients. Positive integer and decimal values greater than or equal to 0 (zero) are supported.
{% hint style="danger" %}
Keep in mind that you must monitor profitability using this scheme as the reward amounts may exceed the commissions charged.
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{% tab title="Max amount" %}
{% hint style="info" %}
For this payment plan you need to preliminary configure a required amount of levels. Refer to [How to configure levels](/for-brokers/how-to-articles/how-to-configure-levels.md) for step-by-step instructions.
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* Select the **Currency** in which rewards will be paid. If a partner's wallet currency differs from the reward currency, then the reward amount is converted into the wallet currency. The conversion occurs at the current exchange rate at the time of calculation.
* In the **Amount** field, specify the max amount of the reward. This is the amount that will be paid to partners for trades of their direct clients (Level 1: *IB* → *Direct client*). Positive integer and decimal values greater than or equal to 0 (zero) are supported.
* Click links below the **Amount** field to specify the exact amounts that partners receive at each level. The number of links depends on the number of configured levels.
In the example below, 3 Levels are configured for the IB type. Therefore, you can see two links:
* distribution of the **Max amount** between 2 levels (*IB* → *SubIB* → *Client*)
* distribution of the **Max amount** between 3 levels (*IB* → *SubIB* → *SubIB* → *Client*)
Max amount
Refer to [Max amount](/for-brokers/payment-plans.md#max-amount) for a distribution example.
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{% tab title="Markup" %}
* Specify the **Markup**, in points, that you want to pay your partners for each lot traded by their clients. Positive integer values greater than or equal to 0 (zero) are supported.
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{% tab title="Markup, %" %}
* In the **Markup, %** field, specify your markup on the trading platform. This value is required for correct calculations of reward amounts.
* In the **Percentage** field, indicate a percentage of your markup (**Markup, %**) that you want to pay your partners for each lot traded by their clients. Positive integer and decimal values greater than or equal to 0 (zero) are supported.
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{% tab title="Spread" %}
* Indicate the **Percentage** of the market spread value that you want to pay to your partners. For example, **10** means 10%. Positive integer and decimal values in the range from 0 (zero) to 100 are supported.
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{% tab title="Platform Spread %" %}
{% hint style="warning" %}
The **Position** field is automatically set to **closed** and cannot be changed.
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* Indicate the **Percentage** of the platform spread value that you want to pay to your partners. For example, **50** means 50%. Positive integer and decimal values in the range from 0 (zero) to 100 are supported.
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{% tab title="Platform Markup %" %}
{% hint style="warning" %}
The **Position** field is automatically set to **closed** and cannot be changed.
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* The markup percentage is automatically retrieved from the trading platform's symbol configuration and used in reward calculations.
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