Forex lot size calculation
🔶What it is ?
Forex lot size calculation is an indicator to help traders to manage trading account better and avoid emotion when you're changing account from small to bigger capital.
This indicator calculates lot size to entry by calculation risk in percent that you're planing for a position and your account balance also.
Our purpose is, keep your mind always "Empty" during trading even you're managing 100k$, 200k$ and more, espeically when you're changing from small account to bigger account.
The diffirence here is only Lot size you will input, we don't need to focus on how many money in dollors will we lost after a position. Each position, that's 1%, 2% balance , just like that. From that point, we can control emotion better and trade more effectively.
🔶 Who can use it ?
1. All traders who are using NCI, ICT , MACD system and other systems...
2. All traders who are trading on any timeframe
3. All traders who are trading on Forex market
4. All traders who are new or experienced traders
5. All traders who are swing or scalping traders
🔶 The purpose of indicator
1. Calculate lot size for all forex pairs exactly to trade on other platform like MT4/5, Ctrader and even Tradingview.
2. Exchange from risk by percent of account to lot size
3. Helping you to manage trading accounts easier
4. Always "Empty your mind" during Trading
🔶 How will indicator appear on chart
After you added it on chart, indicator will appear as table at your bottom right of chart. You can change it to Top-center as above chart by setting that I will guide you right on below.
In general, you can see three data :
1. Acc size $: That's your account balance you already input
2. %Risk : Here is risk by percent that you're planing to trade
3. LOT SIZE : Here is value after calcuation to help you can know how many lot size to entry.
Indicator will show you as three colors also :
GREEN : You're taking risk at a safe level that's less than 1%your account. You normally can trade better and manage trade easier with risk like that.
WHITE : You're taking risk at a normal level that's from 1 - 2% your account. You should becareful during taking this risk because it is only for experience traders.
RED : You're taking risk at a dangerous level that's greater than 2% your account.
This type of risk is only for top trader who can earn profit from mange consistency for a long time. Plus, with this type of risk, you will be rejected by prop firm companies easier because of gambling rules.
🔶 INPUT value
There're 2 groups for trader to input and use this indicator :
1. Trading input :
You need to input data to calcuate lot size here
- Your account balance : here is your initial account balance that you deposit
- Acc risk % : Here is risk by percent you're planing for each position.
- Stop loss by pips : Here is stop loss by pips for your position.
Explanation about stoploss by pips in Forex
Please help to refer to my chart above, that's a buying position in Tradingview. Tradingview measured all needed data in pips for you.
For example : My buying position on have chart having stop loss value is 15.3 pips.
I just need to input stoploss here as 15.3.
2. Display setting
Here is the place we will set the text size and location of table.
- Font size : The size of texts in this indicator. You can choose from tiny to Huge size
- Location : The position of indicator on chart. You can put it from bottom to top and left to right as your favorite
🔶 How to use indicator
After setting indicator, you need to input all data to Trading input group :
1. Your account balance
2. Acc risk %
3. Stop loss by pips
And then click to OK.
Indicator will calculate and give out LOT SIZE for you to entry.
It will remember your account balance and risk %, so you just need to input stop loss for your diffirence trades.
As chart above, I input my initial account as 200k$ and I normally take 1% risk for each position.
I want to buy at green box on chart above with SL is around 15.3 pips on AUDUSD.
Indicator helped to calculate lot size as 13.07 lot to trade.
I hope this indicator help you to trade and manage account better.
Forex lot size calculation is an indicator to help traders to manage trading account better and avoid emotion when you're changing account from small to bigger capital.
This indicator calculates lot size to entry by calculation risk in percent that you're planing for a position and your account balance also.
Our purpose is, keep your mind always "Empty" during trading even you're managing 100k$, 200k$ and more, espeically when you're changing from small account to bigger account.
The diffirence here is only Lot size you will input, we don't need to focus on how many money in dollors will we lost after a position. Each position, that's 1%, 2% balance , just like that. From that point, we can control emotion better and trade more effectively.
🔶 Who can use it ?
1. All traders who are using NCI, ICT , MACD system and other systems...
2. All traders who are trading on any timeframe
3. All traders who are trading on Forex market
4. All traders who are new or experienced traders
5. All traders who are swing or scalping traders
🔶 The purpose of indicator
1. Calculate lot size for all forex pairs exactly to trade on other platform like MT4/5, Ctrader and even Tradingview.
2. Exchange from risk by percent of account to lot size
3. Helping you to manage trading accounts easier
4. Always "Empty your mind" during Trading
🔶 How will indicator appear on chart
After you added it on chart, indicator will appear as table at your bottom right of chart. You can change it to Top-center as above chart by setting that I will guide you right on below.
In general, you can see three data :
1. Acc size $: That's your account balance you already input
2. %Risk : Here is risk by percent that you're planing to trade
3. LOT SIZE : Here is value after calcuation to help you can know how many lot size to entry.
Indicator will show you as three colors also :
GREEN : You're taking risk at a safe level that's less than 1%your account. You normally can trade better and manage trade easier with risk like that.
WHITE : You're taking risk at a normal level that's from 1 - 2% your account. You should becareful during taking this risk because it is only for experience traders.
RED : You're taking risk at a dangerous level that's greater than 2% your account.
This type of risk is only for top trader who can earn profit from mange consistency for a long time. Plus, with this type of risk, you will be rejected by prop firm companies easier because of gambling rules.
🔶 INPUT value
There're 2 groups for trader to input and use this indicator :
1. Trading input :
You need to input data to calcuate lot size here
- Your account balance : here is your initial account balance that you deposit
- Acc risk % : Here is risk by percent you're planing for each position.
- Stop loss by pips : Here is stop loss by pips for your position.
Explanation about stoploss by pips in Forex
Please help to refer to my chart above, that's a buying position in Tradingview. Tradingview measured all needed data in pips for you.
For example : My buying position on have chart having stop loss value is 15.3 pips.
I just need to input stoploss here as 15.3.
2. Display setting
Here is the place we will set the text size and location of table.
- Font size : The size of texts in this indicator. You can choose from tiny to Huge size
- Location : The position of indicator on chart. You can put it from bottom to top and left to right as your favorite
🔶 How to use indicator
After setting indicator, you need to input all data to Trading input group :
1. Your account balance
2. Acc risk %
3. Stop loss by pips
And then click to OK.
Indicator will calculate and give out LOT SIZE for you to entry.
It will remember your account balance and risk %, so you just need to input stop loss for your diffirence trades.
As chart above, I input my initial account as 200k$ and I normally take 1% risk for each position.
I want to buy at green box on chart above with SL is around 15.3 pips on AUDUSD.
Indicator helped to calculate lot size as 13.07 lot to trade.
I hope this indicator help you to trade and manage account better.
Versionsinformation:
I would like to update the calucaltion method from fix exchange rate to market exchange rate to help indicator to give out the most exactly LOT SIZE result
For example :
Before We will use a fixed exchange rate 1.35 to calcualte lot size for JPY base currency pairs
Now, it will be refer to USDJPY exchange rate on real market.
Before : 25k$ - 1% risk and 10 pips in Stop loss => 3.37 lot size (actual risk 0.88%, gap 0.12%)
Now, 25k$ - 1% risk and 10 pips in Stop loss => 3.85 lot size (actual risk 1% no gap)
With this update, you can calculate from risk % to lot size to entry on Meta trader 4/5, Ctrader,... with the exactly lot size 100%.
For example :
Before We will use a fixed exchange rate 1.35 to calcualte lot size for JPY base currency pairs
Now, it will be refer to USDJPY exchange rate on real market.
Before : 25k$ - 1% risk and 10 pips in Stop loss => 3.37 lot size (actual risk 0.88%, gap 0.12%)
Now, 25k$ - 1% risk and 10 pips in Stop loss => 3.85 lot size (actual risk 1% no gap)
With this update, you can calculate from risk % to lot size to entry on Meta trader 4/5, Ctrader,... with the exactly lot size 100%.
Jayce Pham - Founder & CEO of NCI Trading system