Futures Position Size Calculator

Set your account size, risk per trade, and stop distance. This tells you how many contracts you can actually afford to trade without lying to yourself.

Inputs

Contract

Account Size ($)

Risk Mode

% of account Fixed dollar risk

Risk Per Trade (% of account)

Risk Per Trade ($)

Stop Distance

Ticks Points

Stop Size

Results

Fill out the inputs above and hit Calculate.

How This Calculator Thinks

This is not magic. It just combines tick value, your stop size, and your chosen risk to tell you how many contracts your account can realistically carry.

1. Per-Contract Risk

Per-contract risk = stop distance in ticks × tick value. If you use points, it converts points to ticks first.

2. Total Risk Budget

If you use %, it takes that percent of your account. If you use fixed $, it uses that number directly as your max loss.

3. Contract Count

Position size = floor(total risk budget ÷ per-contract risk). If that comes out below 1, you can’t afford a single contract at that stop.