Risk Management
Risk Calculator
Calculate optimal position sizes to stay within your drawdown limits and protect your funded account. Never blow an account again.
Calculator Inputs
4.0% of account
Conservative (0.25%)Aggressive (3%)
= $250.00 per contract
Recommended Position Size
2
E-mini S&P 500 contracts
Risk Analysis
Risk Amount (1%)$500.00
Stop Loss Value$250.00/contract
Max Contracts (by risk)2
Actual Risk$500.00 (1.00%)
Consecutive Losses to Breach4 trades
Stop Loss Scenarios
Tight Stop
10 ticks
4 contracts
Normal Stop
20 ticks
2 contracts
Wide Stop
30 ticks
1 contracts
Very Wide
40 ticks
1 contracts
Risk Management Tips
- • Never risk more than 1-2% per trade
- • Keep at least 10 losing trades worth of buffer
- • Consider daily loss limits (usually 50% of max DD)
Max Contracts by Firm (ES)
| Firm | Account | Max DD | Max Contracts* | Position Limit | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | $50,000 | $2,000 | 0 | 4 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $2,000 | 0 | 4 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $2,000 | 0 | 4 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $0 | 0 | 0 | Get Started |
 | $50,000 | $2,000 | 0 | 4 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $0 | 0 | 0 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $2,000 | 0 | 4 | Get Started |
 | $50,000 | $2,500 | 1 | 10 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $2,500 | 1 | 10 | Get Started |
 | $50,000 | $2,000 | 0 | 6 | Get Started |
 | $50,000 | $2,000 | 0 | 3 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $2,500 | 1 | 3 | Get Started |
 | $50,000 | $2,000 | 0 | 4 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $2,000 | 0 | 4 | Get Started |
 | $50,000 | $2,000 | 0 | 5 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $1,750 | 0 | 5 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $2,000 | 0 | 3 | Get Started |
 | $50,000 | $2,000 | 0 | 6 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $2,000 | 0 | 6 | Get Started |
 | $50,000 | $2,200 | 0 | 4 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $2,000 | 0 | 10 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $0 | 0 | 0 | Get Started |
 | $50,000 | $2,500 | 1 | 7 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $2,500 | 1 | 7 | Get Started |
 | $50,000 | $2,000 | 0 | 5 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $2,000 | 0 | 5 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $500 | 0 | 1 | Get Started |
 | $50,000 | $2,500 | 1 | 4 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $0 | 0 | 0 | Get Started |
 | $50,000 | $2,500 | 1 | 5 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $1,000 | 0 | 3 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $0 | 0 | 0 | Get Started |
 | $50,000 | $2,000 | 0 | 10 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $2,000 | 0 | 5 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $0 | 0 | 0 | Get Started |
 | $50,000 | $2,000 | 0 | 4 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $0 | 0 | 0 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $0 | 0 | 0 | Get Started |
| $50,000 | $0 | 0 | 0 | Get Started |
*Based on 20 tick stop loss, risking 10% of max drawdown per trade
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