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Risk Percentage Calculator

Calculate what percentage of an account is actually at risk from a planned dollar loss, position, or completed trade.

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CALCULATOR INPUTS

Enter your planning values

CALCULATED OUTPUT

Your planning estimate

Enter or adjust the values, then select Calculate results.

STEP-BY-STEP

How to use this tool

  1. Enter the balance used for sizing the trade.
  2. Enter the complete planned loss, including known fees when appropriate.
  3. Enter your personal maximum risk percentage.
  4. Add the number of positions carrying approximately the same risk.
  5. Review both individual and combined exposure.
  6. Reduce the number or size of positions if aggregate exposure conflicts with the plan.
WORKED EXAMPLE

See the calculation in context

Risking $250 on a $50,000 account equals 0.5%. Four separate trades risking $250 each create $1,000, or 2%, of combined planned exposure if all could lose.

Calculation method

Risk percentage = dollar amount at risk ÷ current account balance × 100. Combined account risk assumes every entered trade reaches its full planned loss.

AVOID THESE ERRORS

Common mistakes

  1. Calculating from starting balance after the account changes
  2. Ignoring risk on other open positions
  3. Counting margin as the amount at risk
  4. Assuming uncorrelated trades cannot lose together
  5. Rounding a small account risk too aggressively
FREQUENTLY ASKED

Questions and answers

Is margin the same as risk?

No. Margin is capital reserved to support the position. Planned price risk depends on size, entry and stop.

Why show three decimal places?

Small balances or small dollar risks may need more precision than a whole percentage.

Does combined risk assume correlation?

It uses a conservative simultaneous-loss scenario; actual relationships can change.

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Educational-use notice.

Outputs are planning estimates, not investment advice or guarantees. Verify instrument specifications, fees, prices and binding prop-firm rules with the relevant official source before relying on any result.