34 calculators - browser-side math
Measure every trade before you take it.
Get the numbers that decide a forex or CFD trade — pip value, position size, required margin, spread cost, profit/loss and prop-firm drawdown — as exact figures in your account currency, before you take the trade. Every formula is shown, and every calculation runs in your browser: no signup, no broker connection, nothing stored.
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The nine calculators traders open first - sizing, costs and survival math, in your account currency.
Position Size Calculator
Get the position size — the lot size that caps your loss at the amount you choose — from your balance, risk percent and stop in pips.
Open calculatorForex Pip Value Calculator
Get the exact pip value — what one pip is worth in your account currency — for any pair, gold or index and any lot size.
Open calculatorForex Margin Calculator
Get the exact margin a forex or gold position ties up before you open it, from your trade size, the current price and your leverage.
Open calculatorForex Spread Cost Calculator
See what the spread actually costs you to open a position, in your account currency — turn a spread in pips, or a raw ask and bid, into money, plus any commission.
Open calculatorProp Firm Challenge Calculator
See how a CFD prop firm challenge could play out under your own rules.
Open calculatorMonte Carlo Equity Curve Simulator
See thousands of possible equity paths from one set of assumptions — the same win rate, payoff ratio and fixed fractional risk.
Open calculatorXAUUSD Pip Value Calculator (Gold)
Get the value of one gold (XAUUSD) pip per lot in your account currency — with both competing pip definitions shown side by side so you can match your broker.
Open calculatorUS30 Point Value Calculator (Dow Jones)
Get the value of one US30 (Dow Jones) point per lot in your account currency, then price any move.
Open calculatorDaily Loss Limit Calculator
See how many consecutive losses would touch a daily loss limit, and how often that streak may show up in a trading day, from your account size, per-trade risk, win rate and trades per day.
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Balance, risk tolerance, stop distance and contract assumptions.
balance - risk% - stop pipsSee the formula
Every result is paired with the math and assumptions behind it.
lots = risk / (stop x pip value)Confirm with broker specs
Use the number as measurement, then verify contract specs before execution.
size - cost - margin - riskMonte Carlo engine
One edge, ten thousand paths
Same win rate, same payoff, same risk fraction - see the spread of outcomes before you commit to a strategy.
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Trading math, answered with a calculator
Gold pip value depends on lot size, contract size and broker quote convention. Open the calculator.
Short answer: on a 100 oz standard gold lot, a 0.01 move is about $1 per lot and a 0.1 move is about $10 per lot before account-currency conversion.Work backward from risk amount, stop distance and pip value instead of guessing lot size. Open the calculator.
Formula: lots = risk amount / (stop distance x pip value per standard lot). A 1% risk on $10,000 with a 50-pip stop and $10 pip value gives 0.20 lot.Index CFDs often use broker-defined point value, tick size and contract specs. Open the calculator.
Short answer: calculate point value, not a generic forex pip. Enter the broker point value per lot before sizing US30 or NAS100 risk.Margin is not the same as risk. It is the equity reserved by notional and leverage. Open the calculator.
Formula: required margin = notional value / leverage. A larger stop changes risk, but it does not change margin unless size, price or leverage changes.The entry price is not enough. Cost-aware break-even needs trading fees and holding costs. Open the calculator.
Short answer: spread and commission raise the price movement needed to break even; overnight swap adds holding cost that should be checked separately from entry-to-exit P&L.Daily limits, max drawdown, reset time and unrealized loss rules can change trade sizing. Open the calculator.
Short answer: size by the smaller of your trade risk and remaining daily loss buffer. If unrealized loss counts, open positions can consume the limit before a stop is hit.Directory
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