Calculator 1
Position size
%
- Risk in money
- 100.00
- Distance to stop
- 2.00%
- Position size
- 50.00
Units of the asset (shares, coins, units of currency). Your broker’s contract size and costs are not included — check them there.
Size = money at risk ÷ distance to the stop. A wide stop gives a small position; a tight stop a larger one — the money at risk stays the same.
Calculator 2
Reward to risk
Reward to risk
2.50 : 1
At least 2.5 : 1 — the reward is large enough for the risk. Now check there is no strong level on the way.
With 2.5 : 1 you can be wrong more often than right and still come out ahead: lose 6 of 10 trades at 1R and win 4 at 2.5R — the result is +4R.
Arithmetic only. Contract sizes, spreads and fees differ between brokers — check them with yours. Education, not investment advice.