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
Place it below your entry.
On a long trade the target belongs above the entry. Below the entry is a loss, not a profit.
Uses a contract multiplier.
Changes how money is written, not the maths — a position size is the same number in any currency.
Dollars of P&L per 1.00 point the contract moves — set by the exchange, not you.
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- On a long trade the target belongs above the entry. Below the entry is a loss, not a profit.
Position Size
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Maximum Risk
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Potential Loss
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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.