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This list is a selection for practicing risk calculation — it's not the same one you see in Prices. Not everything you follow there (a single stock, for example) is calculated the same way. The default values are from Pepperstone and every broker has its own: adjust them to match your account before trading. With your account connected, these values come from your own closed trades and there's nothing to adjust.

Fill in the fields to see the suggested position size.

How do I use this? · See example

Example (gold): capital $1,000, risk 1% ($10). You enter at 2350 and your stop is at 2345 ($5 away). Since 1.0 lot = 100 ounces, the calculation is $10 ÷ ($5 × 100) = 0.02 lots. If the stop fills at its price, the loss is about $10, even if the price keeps falling afterwards; with gaps or slippage it can be larger.

The pip/point value changes depending on your broker (especially for indices). That's why you can adjust it in the field above. The values it comes with are standard reference values — confirm them with your broker. For safety, lot size is always rounded down: the calculated risk stays at or a little below the one you chose.

Once you connect your cTrader account and trade an instrument, its real pip value shows up here above, calculated from your own trades, and you stop having to enter it by hand.

What your connected account adds

with your demo
  • Nothing to set up

    The instruments you trade appear at the top of the list with their pip value already loaded. You don't save templates: it's built automatically from your trades.

  • Your broker's exact specs

    Each instrument's pip value comes from your own trades, with your account currency already converted — not from an approximate standard.

  • Daily and weekly risk

    How much you put at stake, accumulated in a single day — not what you lost, what you risked. A day that turned out well can still have been reckless.

  • History

    Check whether you're sticking to your plan trade by trade.

  • Drawdown and recovery

    How much you need to recover after a streak and how to adjust your risk.

  • Your cTrader account

    You connect your demo account —or your live account, with Pro— in read-only mode and the Performance Lab measures your risk, trade by trade.

Create your account, connect your broker's cTrader demo account and use every feature.

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Educational risk-management tool. It is not a recommendation to trade or financial advice. Results are estimates based on your data and your broker's specifications: with gaps or slippage your stop can be executed at a worse price and the loss can be larger. Trading involves risk.

Educational content. Not personalized financial advice. Trading in the markets carries a risk of capital loss.

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