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Trading Risk Calculator

Set what you are willing to lose and where the trade is wrong. Everything else — position size, exposure, profit, loss, risk/reward — follows from those two numbers. Your values have been carried over.

Your trade

You are risking $100 on this trade.

Direction

2% away — below your entry.

Optional

Leave empty to size the trade without a target.

Market

Fractional sizing.

Changes how money is written, not the maths — a position size is the same number in any currency.

Try an example

Position Size

3,333.33coins

3,333 whole coins risks $99.99

Maximum Risk

$100

1% of your account

Potential Loss

-$100

If the stop is hit as planned

Long trade

The concepts behind these numbers

Each result above comes from one idea. Read the idea, then come back and change the input to see it move.

This website provides educational information only. It is not financial, investment, or trading advice. Results assume your stop fills at the stop price; gaps, slippage, commissions and financing costs are not included and will change your real outcome. Verify every figure with your broker before placing a trade.