Position Size Calculator
Translate a hypothetical risk budget and stop distance into a maximum whole-share quantity.
Position size calculator
Dollar risk budget—
Risk per share—
Maximum whole shares—
Approx. position value—
The result assumes the stop is filled exactly at the stop price. Real losses can be larger because of slippage, gaps and execution conditions.
Example
With a $10,000 account, a hypothetical 1% risk budget equals $100. If the entry is $50.00 and the stop is $49.50, the planned risk is $0.50 per share. The arithmetic maximum is 200 shares, with an approximate position value of $10,000. That does not mean the account can or should use that size; it only demonstrates the relationship among the inputs.