Calculate units from account risk allowance and price risk per unit.
It makes the prices, cash flows, rates, time periods, weights, and model conventions explicit so you can inspect an entered scenario without hidden live-market assumptions.
Calculation structure
Follow the stated model and units
Risk allowance = account value × risk percentage. Units = risk allowance ÷ |entry − stop|.
Visual explanation
See how the inputs become the result
Capital and cash flowstime and rate→entered modelScenario resultChanging one assumption changes the model—not the marketRisk allowance = account value × risk percentage. Units = risk allowance ÷ |entry − stop|.
Read the estimate correctly
Use the result within its boundaries
A 20,000 account risking 1% with entry 50 and stop 48 permits 100 units.
A stop order may not execute at its entered price. Slippage, gaps, fees, liquidity, and contract multipliers are excluded.
Quick guide
How to use this calculator
Enter the exposure, market, accounting, probability, rate, or risk assumptions named by the fields.
Use consistent currencies, periods, share units, and percentage conventions.
Interpret the output only within the displayed model and limitations.
Calculation method
Calculation method
Risk allowance = account value × risk percentage. Units = risk allowance ÷ |entry − stop|.
Fixed decimal scalar arithmetic remains exact until display. Square-root and compound projections are explicitly approximate and reject non-finite results.
Worked example
Worked example
A 20,000 account risking 1% with entry 50 and stop 48 permits 100 units.
Risk allowance = account value × risk percentage. Units = risk allowance ÷ |entry − stop|.
Supported inputs
Precision and limits
Visible input limits
Fixed decimals accept 30 digits and 12 decimal places, with absolute values capped at 1e12 per input and general rates capped at 1000%. Formula-specific shares and probability limits are validated separately.
International scope
No currency, exchange, broker, live security data, accounting standard, tax jurisdiction, contract specification, or regulatory disclosure is selected automatically.
Decision boundary
Outputs are arithmetic scenarios, not forecasts, advice, suitability assessments, trading signals, fair-value opinions, risk guarantees, or recommendations.
Calculator-specific assumptions
A stop order may not execute at its entered price. Slippage, gaps, fees, liquidity, and contract multipliers are excluded.
