Position Size Calculator
Size every crypto trade from a fixed risk amount — not a guess. Enter your account, risk %, entry and stop, and get the exact position size and leverage needed.
Your Risk Plan
≈ ₹4.17L INR
Position size
0.027778 units · ≈ ₹1.39L
You risk
$50.00
Stop distance
3.00%
Leverage needed
0.3x
to hold this size
Risk : reward
1 : 3.00
+$150.00 at target
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Position size = (account × risk%) ÷ stop-distance%. This is the size where hitting your stop loses exactly your chosen risk amount. Educational only — not financial advice.
How position sizing works
Professional risk management runs backwards from the loss, not forwards from the bet. You decide two things first: the amount you’re willing to lose on the trade (your risk), and where price proves you wrong (your stop). The position size is then whatever makes hitting that stop cost exactly your risk amount:
Position size = (account × risk %) ÷ stop-distance %
Position size on a $5,000 account, 1% risk ($50)
| Stop distance | Position size | Leverage |
|---|---|---|
| 1% | $5,000 | 1.0x |
| 2% | $2,500 | 0.5x |
| 3% | $1,667 | 0.3x |
| 5% | $1,000 | 0.2x |
Tighter stops allow larger positions for the same risk — but tighter stops also get hit more often. That trade-off is the whole game.
Why 1–2% risk keeps you alive
At 1% risk per trade, even a brutal 10-trade losing streak only draws your account down by roughly 10%. At 10% risk, the same streak is account-ending. Small, fixed risk is what lets a real edge play out over hundreds of trades. See position sizing and drawdown maths for the full picture.
Check your risk on every trade automatically
Sizing one trade by hand is easy; doing it on every trade is where discipline slips. A trade journal with an AI coach tracks your actual risk per trade, flags the ones where you oversized, and grades your overall risk discipline — so the rule survives contact with a live market.
Disclaimer: For educational purposes only. Crypto trading carries significant risk of loss. Not financial advice.