Hi everyone, I should start by saying that I’m quite a beginner, so please forgive me if the question might seem a bit silly. Let's take an example: I have an account with 10k dollars, contract size = 1, and leverage = 1:25. I want to open a position on US30 with a 490 pip stop loss, with 1% risk. If I calculate the lot size through https://www.cashbackforex.com/tools/position-size-calculator, it tells me that the correct lot size is 2.041 Lots. It is the same result I get using this simple function that I wrote after watching some videos on YouTube:
The problem is that if I apply that lot size, once the stop loss is hit, it wipes out almost (not all my account cause i round the lot size) my entire account. Specifically, it seems that the lot size is 100 times greater than it should be, meaning I’m risking 100% instead of 1% (lol). Can anyone help me understand what I missed? I suspect that leverage might have something to do with it since I'm not considering it in the calculations, but I'm not sure at all.
Lot size and position size risk calculator to calculate the recommended units or lot size to risk, using live market quotes, account equity, risk percentage and stop loss.
Hi everyone, I should start by saying that I’m quite a beginner, so please forgive me if the question might seem a bit silly. Let's take an example: I have an account with 10k dollars, contract size = 1, and leverage = 1:25. I want to open a position on US30 with a 490 pip stop loss, with 1% risk. If I calculate the lot size through https://www.cashbackforex.com/tools/position-size-calculator, it tells me that the correct lot size is 2.041 Lots. It is the same result I get using this simple function that I wrote after watching some videos on YouTube:
The problem is that if I apply that lot size, once the stop loss is hit, it wipes out almost (not all my account cause i round the lot size) my entire account. Specifically, it seems that the lot size is 100 times greater than it should be, meaning I’m risking 100% instead of 1% (lol). Can anyone help me understand what I missed? I suspect that leverage might have something to do with it since I'm not considering it in the calculations, but I'm not sure at all.
Entry: 33768.10
SL: 33719.10
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