← All tools

📐 Position size calculator

Find how much to buy from your capital, the % you risk and your stop distance.

Formula: $ risk = capital × risk %; units = $ risk ÷ stop distance. Textbook range: 0.5–2 % per trade. No stop, no trade.

Educational tool. Results are math based on the numbers you enter, not a recommendation or an expected return.

Risk disclosure: AI Trading Desk provides educational content and standardized, impersonal software tools only. Nothing on this site is financial, investment, legal or tax advice, or a recommendation to buy or sell any asset. We do not manage accounts, place trades or provide signals. Trading involves risk and you may lose all of your capital. Past or simulated results do not guarantee future results. You are solely responsible for your decisions.

Want the full method behind these numbers?

Get the free 15-page quick-start guide

The 6 roles, the 8 risk rules, the position-size formula and the daily checklist. Educational, no signals.

Download it now (PDF)

Free direct download, no sign-up.