Position Size Calculator

The goal is not to avoid risk but to contain it. Mastering position sizing is how traders stay in the game long enough to let their strategy work.

Without knowing how to size positions properly, you may end up taking trades that are far too large for you. Here are some adjustments to consider.

Learn what position trading actually is, why it appeals to traders who think in bigger themes instead of tiny chart wiggles, how longer holding periods change risk and sizing, and why “slow” does NOT mean “easy” or “basically investing with extra swagger.”

Without knowing how to size positions properly, you may end up taking trades that are far too large for you. Here are some adjustments to consider.

You’re in a winning trade. Now what? This lesson covers exactly when to take partial profits, how to execute them on your platform, and how to build a scale-out plan before you ever open the trade.

Before you can calculate a single position size, you need to understand what you’re actually solving for. And why getting it wrong is the fastest way to blow a trading account.

What is Margin? What is Required Margin? What is Margin Requirement? Don’t get it twisted. All this margin jargon is explained here.

Learn the one calculation that turns your risk percentage into an actual trade size, why getting this wrong means your stop loss is just a number on a screen, and how to do it correctly every single time.

Most traders focus on getting in. Pyramiding is about what you do after you’re already right. This lesson covers how to add to a winning position in decreasing sizes, keep your total risk controlled at every stage, and turn a good trade into a great one without ever risking more than your original budget.

Any leveraged trade held overnight is subject to a small fee to maintain that position. Learn how overnight financing works when holding CFD trades open overnight or longer.

Coinbase launched pre-IPO perpetual futures for Anthropic and OpenAI, letting eligible international traders bet on AI valuations before their IPOs — but the risks are extreme.

Learn how forex brokers make money and manage the risk on the other side of your trades.