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Prop-Firm Risk Management & Position Size Calculator

Calculate the exact lots, contracts and coins to trade based on your account balance, risk per trade and stop-loss — and stay inside your daily drawdown limit, every single trade.

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Real-time position sizing

Size your trade in seconds

Enter your account details and the tool instantly returns position size, dollar risk and drawdown usage.

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Trade Parameters
Nasdaq 100 (NQ) · $20/unit move per contract
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Prop firms typically cap risk at 0.25–2%.

%

Used to estimate how much of your daily drawdown a single trade uses.

Position Size

0.33

contracts · Nasdaq 100 (NQ)

Total Risk

$1,000

Stop Distance

150 points

Stop vs Entry

0.76%

Daily Drawdown Used

Safe

This trade consumes 20% of a standard 5% daily drawdown limit.

How it's calculated

Position size = (Balance × Risk%) ÷ (Stop distance × $20 per points)

Instant, Real-Time Math

Position size, total risk and R:R update on every keystroke. No buttons, no page reloads.

Prop-Firm Drawdown Guard

See exactly how much of your 5% daily loss limit a single trade consumes before you enter it.

Shareable Trade Plans

Export any calculation as a clean PNG for Twitter/Discord or a printable PDF for your journal.

Position size calculators by market

Dedicated calculators with pre-filled contract values and realistic prices for every instrument.

NQ

Nasdaq 100 Position Size Calculator

Calculate your exact NQ (Nasdaq 100 E-mini) position size in contracts based on account balance, risk % and stop-loss. Built for prop firm and SMC/ICT traders.

Sized in contracts

MNQ

Micro Nasdaq 100 Position Size Calculator

Calculate your exact MNQ (Micro Nasdaq 100) position size in contracts by account balance, risk % and stop-loss. Ideal for small prop firm accounts.

Sized in contracts

BTC

Bitcoin Position Size Calculator

Calculate your exact Bitcoin position size in BTC based on account balance, risk % and stop-loss. Built for prop firm and SMC crypto traders.

Sized in coins

ETH

Ethereum Position Size Calculator

Calculate your exact Ethereum position size in ETH based on account balance, risk % and stop-loss. Built for SMC and prop firm crypto traders.

Sized in coins

XAU/USD

Gold Position Size Calculator

Calculate your exact Gold (XAU/USD) position size in lots based on account balance, risk % and stop-loss. Perfect for prop firm and SMC traders.

Sized in lots

EUR/USD

EUR/USD Position Size Calculator

Calculate your exact EUR/USD position size in lots based on account balance, risk % and stop-loss in pips. Built for prop firm forex traders.

Sized in lots

ES

S&P 500 Position Size Calculator

Calculate your exact ES (E-mini S&P 500) position size in contracts based on account balance, risk % and stop-loss. For prop firm traders.

Sized in contracts

US30

Dow Jones (US30) Position Size Calculator

Calculate your exact US30 (Dow Jones) position size in contracts based on account balance, risk % and stop-loss. Built for prop firm traders.

Sized in contracts

Risk Management FAQ

The five questions every prop firm, SMC and ICT trader asks.

Most prop firms force you to risk no more than 1% per trade, and many disciplined SMC and ICT traders use just 0.25%–0.5%. On a $100,000 funded account that means risking $250–$1,000 per trade. A fixed 1% rule survives losing streaks: after 10 losses in a row you are still down only ~10% and your daily drawdown limit is intact.
Use the formula: Position size = (Account Balance × Risk%) ÷ (Stop Distance × Dollar Value per Point). For NQ, each point is worth $20 per contract. With a $100,000 account risking 1% ($1,000) and a 50-point stop, you trade 1,000 ÷ (50 × 20) = 1 NQ contract. For MNQ (worth $2/point) the same setup allows 10 contracts.
The core SMC/ICT rule is simple: only trade when you can place your stop-loss beyond a structural level (order block, breaker, fair value gap, or liquidity pool). Never widen your stop to make a trade 'work' — instead reduce position size. If the stop distance grows, the contract count must shrink to keep your total risk fixed at 1% or less.
Prop firms typically enforce a 5% daily drawdown and a 6–10% maximum loss. Your position size must keep a single losing trade (your stop loss) comfortably inside the daily limit. For example, on a $100,000 account with a $5,000 daily limit, one trade risking 1% ($1,000) consumes only 20% of the daily buffer — leaving room for a few sequential losers without breaching.
Risking 1% ($100) on a $10,000 account with a 20-pip EUR/USD stop means: 100 ÷ (20 pips × $10 per pip per lot) = 0.5 standard lots. The exact number always depends on your stop distance — that is why you calculate the size after choosing your stop, never before.