Risk Management
Forex Position size calculator
Four essential Position size calculator in one place. Switch between position size, margin, pip value and profit/loss — every result is converted into your account currency using the latest daily reference rate.
The percentage of your account balance you are prepared to lose if the stop loss is reached. Balance × risk percentage gives the cash risk.
Most traders use 0.5%–2% per trade.
The distance between entry and stop loss in pips. One pip is usually 0.0001, or 0.01 for pairs quoted in JPY.
Enter the distance from entry to stop.
The leverage ratio offered by your broker. Enter 100 for 1:100. Higher leverage reduces required margin, but does not reduce trading risk.
Position size in standard lots. One standard forex lot represents 100,000 units of the base currency.
The number of standard lots used to estimate the cash value of a one-pip price move.
Buy / Long benefits when the price rises. Sell / Short benefits when the price falls.
The price at which the trade opens, expressed in the quote currency for one unit of base currency.
The price at which the trade closes. The difference from entry determines the estimated profit or loss.
The trade size in standard lots. The estimate excludes broker spreads, commissions and financing charges.
Calculations run in your browser. Rates are mid-market reference rates; your broker’s spread, commission and margin rules can differ.