Risk Calculator

Size every position from the risk you are willing to take — balance, risk and stop-loss in, lot size out.

Risk first, size second
Decide what a losing trade may cost before you decide how much to buy. The position size is the answer, not the starting point.
The stop sets the size
The same 1% risk buys a larger position behind a 10-pip stop than a 50-pip one. Put the stop where the trade is wrong, then size to it.
Small, and every time
At 1% a trade, ten losses in a row leave about 90% of the account. At 10% a trade, they leave about a third. Consistency is the edge.

Instrument

Account currency

Account balance

USD

Risk given as

Risk per trade

Most traders keep this between 1% and 2%.

Stop-loss distance

pips

From your entry to your stop. One pip on EUR/USD is 0.0001.

Position size0.40 lots40,000 EUR on EUR/USD, with a 25-pip stop

At risk if stopped out$100.001.00% of balance

Pip value on this size$4.00

Your risk budget$100.00

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