📐 Position Size Calculator
Professional traders decide how much they are willing to lose before they decide how much to buy. Enter your account size, the % you are willing to risk, your entry and your stop-loss, and the calculator returns the position size.
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How to use the position size calculator
- Enter your account balance.
- Choose the % of the account you would risk on this trade (many traders use 0.5–2%).
- Enter your planned entry price and stop-loss price.
- Read the number of units and the total position value.
Strategies that use this tool
Core-Satellite Investing
Core-satellite investing keeps most of your money in a steady, diversified core while a smaller slice goes into satellite ideas you are excited about. It blends the reliability of index investing with room for personal conviction.
🚀Growth Investing
Growth investing targets companies expected to grow revenue and earnings faster than the overall market. Investors accept higher valuations in exchange for the potential of strong future expansion.
🏄Momentum Investing
Momentum investing tilts toward assets that have been rising strongly and away from those that have been falling. It is based on the observed tendency for recent winners to keep outperforming for a while.
📈Trend Following (Moving-Average Crossover)
Trend following with moving-average crossovers aims to ride sustained price trends and step aside when they fade. A fast average crossing above a slow average signals a possible uptrend, and crossing below signals weakness.
Frequently asked questions
What is risk per trade?
It is the amount you would lose if the stop-loss is hit, usually a small % of your account.
Why use a stop-loss?
It defines your maximum planned loss. Prices can still gap past a stop in fast markets.
Does this work for crypto and forex?
Yes, the math is the same for any asset priced in units.