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Choose the risk first
Decide what one losing trade may cost before you look for the next entry. Survival comes first.
Risk calculator
Risk per trade, in plain numbers
Work out a position size from the risk you choose and your stop distance, then see what a losing streak and a drawdown do to an account. Plain arithmetic on your inputs: an illustration, not a forecast and not trading advice.
Inputs
PLAIN ARITHMETICILLUSTRATION ONLY
From your entry to your stop-loss.
The share of the balance one losing trade may cost. Lower is safer.
0.5%
About $10 on EURUSD and other pairs quoted in US dollars. Other symbols differ; your broker's contract specification has the exact figure.
How far below its starting balance the account is.
10%
Results · illustration only
POSITION SIZE
0.25lot
If the stop is hit, the trade loses about $50.00. Your limit: $50.00, which is 0.5% of $10,000.00. Rounded down to the 0.01-lot step.
LOSING STREAK
Losses in a row at 0.5% of the balance each.
3 losses in a rowdown 1.5%
5 losses in a rowdown 2.5%
10 losses in a rowdown 4.9%
DRAWDOWN RECOVERY
Down 10% needs a gain of 11.1% just to get back to the starting balance.
Down 5%needs +5.3%
Down 10%needs +11.1%
Down 20%needs +25.0%
Down 30%needs +42.9%
Down 50%needs +100.0%
The deeper the drawdown, the larger the gain it takes to get back.
Arithmetic on the numbers you entered. Spreads, slippage, gaps, and commissions can make a real loss larger. Not a forecast, not a promise of results, and not trading advice.
Discipline
How to use this calculator
Use it to see the size of a risk before you take it — not as a promise of returns.
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Respect the recovery math
A deep drawdown needs a far larger gain to recover. Small losses keep that climb short.
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Stay educational
This tool does not recommend trades. Pair it with your rulesets and risk policy.