Lot Size Calculator
Note: This is an estimate. Actual pip value may vary by broker. Always verify before trading.
How to Use This Calculator
- Enter your account balance (example: 1000 USD).
- Enter your risk % (1%–2% recommended).
- Enter stop-loss in pips for your trade.
- Select your trading pair — pip value auto-applies.
- Click “Calculate Lot Size” to get your position size.
Example:
$1,000 balance • 1% risk • 20 pips SL • EURUSD → risk $10 → lot size calculated.
This tool helps traders follow disciplined risk management and avoid over-leveraging.
Risk Management Rules
What are the essential risk-management rules?
- 1. Risk only 1–2% of your account balance per trade.
Your stop-loss should determine the exact monetary risk.
- 2. Keep the risk amount the same for every trade, regardless of how confident you feel about the setup.
(Example: always risk 1% per trade.) - 3. Do not break your rules just because you have a winning streak or losing streak.
Discipline protects your account over the long term. - 4. Never add positions (“no averaging in” or “no revenge entries”) when your initial position has not yet moved stop-loss to breakeven.
- 5. Move your stop-loss only when justified, such as:
- when the trade reaches a 1:1 reward-to-risk level, or
- when a new key level/form structure is formed.
This helps protect capital or secure partial profits even if the trade fails to reach the final target.