Basically Futures

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Futures position-size calculator.

Choose a futures contract, define a stop distance, and calculate theoretical risk before a trade. Uses standard CME contract specifications, not live prices or broker margin requirements.

0.25 index points per tick · $0.50 per tick
Planning estimate only. Stops can slip or fail to limit a loss as intended. Actual commissions, liquidity, slippage and exchange/broker margin requirements vary. This is not a margin calculator.

Risk summary

LIVE CALCULATION

Maximum whole contracts within the stated theoretical risk budget:

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contracts

Risk budget—
Stop after tick rounding—
Stop risk per contract—
Fees and slippage / contract—
Planned risk per contract—
Planned risk at calculated size—

Runs entirely in your browser; no account data is stored or sent.

How the math works

Risk budget = account balance × risk percentage. Stop exposure per contract = the stop distance rounded up to whole ticks × tick value. Planned cost per contract includes the round-trip fee and a chosen slippage allowance. The result is the number of whole contracts whose estimated total risk stays inside the specified budget.

Risk estimates are not guarantees. Stop orders can fill worse than their intended prices, and losses may exceed account deposits.

Contract specification sources

These links are for verification. Figures should be reviewed against the current official contract specifications before reliance.