Position size calculator
Tell it how much you are willing to lose and where your stop is. It tells you how many lots to trade.
= $100.00
Trade this size
0.50 lots
= 50,000 EUR
- Loss if the stop is hit
- $100.00
- Each pip at this size
- $5.00
With a 20-pip stop on EURUSD, 0.50 lots loses $100.00 at the stop, which is 1% of your balance.
Rounded down to 0.01 lot steps. Your broker's smallest size may differ.
Estimates before costs: spread, commission and overnight swap are not included. Your broker's own figures always win.
Words used here
- Risk per trade
- The money you lose if the stop is hit, usually set as a % of the balance so it shrinks after losses and grows after wins.
- Stop loss
- The price where you close a losing trade. Its distance from the entry, in pips, decides the size.
- Lot
- The unit of trade size. 1.00 lot is 100,000 units of the first currency, 0.10 a mini lot, 0.01 a micro lot.
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