True Position Size Risk Checker

Plug in the trade you are about to take and see, in plain English, how much of your account you are actually lighting on fire.

Trade Inputs

Use futures point value, not ticks.

Risk Output

Numbers first, shame second.

Stop distance
0.00 pts
Risk per contract
$0.00
Total dollar risk
$0.00
% of account at risk
0.00%
Risk meter (capped at 5%) 0.00%
Sanity check
Fill out the form and hit "Check risk" to see how bad this idea is.
This is not trading advice. This is you arguing with math.

Reminder: around 1% per trade is where grown-ups live. Below 0.5% is practice. Above 2–3% is where accounts go to die.