Position Size Calculator for Safe Trading

Figure out the perfect trade size based on your risk tolerance. Keep your account safe with just a few quick inputs.

Blowing up your account on one bad trade is every trader's nightmare.

This Position Size Calculator helps you avoid that by figuring out exactly how much to trade based on your risk limits. It's a simple way to stay in the game for the long haul.

How It Works

Enter your total account balance.

Set the percentage of your account you're willing to risk.

Input your stop-loss distance from the entry price.

See the ideal position size to keep risk in check.

Position Size Calculator

Position sizing is a critical part of investing and helps you control your exposure and risk to your trades and investments. This calculator helps determine how large each position should be in a brokerage account in order to maintain appropriate risk controls given their level of risk tolerance.

Total account value

Maximum % of account value to risk per trade

Maximum position size

$0.00

Maximum number of positions at one time

0.00

Frequent questions

Trading is risky and many will lose money in connection with trading activities. All content on this site is not intended to, and should not be, construed as financial advice. Decisions to buy, sell, hold or trade in securities, commodities and other markets involve risk and are best made based on the advice of qualified financial professionals. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Hypothetical or Simulated performance results have certain limitations. Unlike an actual performance record, simulated results do not represent actual trading. Also, since the trades have not been executed, the results may have under-or-over compensated for the impact, if any, of certain market factors, including, but not limited to, lack of liquidity. Simulated trading programs in general are designed with the benefit of hindsight, and are based on historical information. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profit or losses similar to those shown.

Testimonials appearing on this website may not be representative of other clients or customers and is not a guarantee of future performance or success.

As a provider of technical analysis tools for charting platforms, we do not have access to the personal trading accounts or brokerage statements of our customers. As a result, we have no reason to believe our customers perform better or worse than traders as a whole based on any content or tool we provide.

Charts used on this site are by TradingView in which the majority of our tools are built on. TradingView® is a registered trademark of TradingView, Inc. www.TradingView.com. TradingView® has no affiliation with the owner, developer, or provider of the Services described herein.

This does not represent our full Disclaimer. Please read our full disclaimer.