Position size and risk calculators
Two calculators that turn your own inputs into position size and drawdown arithmetic. They hold no market data and produce no trade ideas.
Calculators
Position size calculator
Converts an account balance, a chosen risk percentage and a stop distance into a position size. It does not tell you what risk percentage to use.
Distance in pips between entry and stop-loss.
From your broker's contract specification for the instrument.
- Amount at risk
- 100.00
- Position size (standard lots)
- 0.333
- Approximate units
- 33,333
Assumes the stop is filled at its stated level. Gaps, slippage, weekend moves, spread widening and commission can all produce a larger loss than the figure shown.
Risk exposure and losing-streak calculator
Shows what a per-trade loss represents as a share of the account, and what a run of consecutive losses at that risk level would do to the balance.
- Risk per trade
- 1.00%
- Drawdown after the streak
- 5.85%
- Balance remaining
- 9,414.80