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Position size calculator

Generic calculators assume everything trades like EUR/USD. Real accounts do not: funded futures accounts size in mini and micro contracts, and CFD instruments have minimum lot steps — gold from 0.01, indices often from 0.10. This calculator speaks both languages and always shows the risk you actually take after rounding, not the one you planned.

Your trade

Market

Account size$50,000

Risk on this trade0.5% · $250

Stop distance (index points)40

Your program's daily loss limit$1,000

Per-point values are official CME contract specs. The daily loss limit is yours to check — every program defines it differently.

Mini contract$20/point

Not tradeable

One NQ risks $800 — over your $250 budget.

Micro contract$2/point

3 × MNQ

actual risk $24024% of daily limit

This trade only exists in micros: one NQ risks $800, past your $250 budget. 3 MNQ keeps you inside it — this is exactly what micros are for.

The rule behind the math

Size is an output, not an input: decide the risk budget and the stop first, and the position size is whatever those two allow — rounded down to what your instrument can actually trade. If the rounded size is zero, that is not a calculator problem; it is the market telling you this trade does not fit your account.

Position sizing (1R) →Daily loss limit →Leverage risk →

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Educational tool, not financial advice. Futures per-point values are official exchange specs; CFD specs are typical defaults that vary by broker — always verify your broker's contract specification. Nothing you enter is stored or sent anywhere.