Position Size & Lot Calculator | Forex, Gold & NAS100
Educational lot size for forex, gold (XAUUSD), and NAS100 from the risk you type. XAUUSD here is 100 oz per lot. Not a broker contract and not a live quote.
XAUUSD on this page is 100 ounces per lot, a pip of 0.10, and $10 per lot per pip. A $10,000 account risking 1% with a 20-pip stop on EURUSD is 0.50 lots. USDJPY uses a 0.01 pip and an educational $6.67 per standard lot when the account is US dollars. Ten losses at 2% leave less of that account than ten losses at 1%.
Calculated Position Size
The stop distance you entered, 20, is the move that proves this idea wrong. The lot above is the size that fits that distance.
Calculations are for educational and sizing assistance only. Pip values are estimated using standard contract sizes.
See this ticket's practice result →Same inputs as the form
Account $10,000 · risk 1% ($100.00) · stop 20 pips
Cash at risk: $10,000 × 1% = $100.00.
Loss per standard lot at that stop: 20 × $10.00 = $200.00.
Lots: $100.00 ÷ 200.00 = 0.50. That is 50,000 Units.
Same figure as the form above: 0.50 standard lots, 50,000 Units, $100.00 at risk.
XAUUSD lot size: 100 ounces
One standard lot is 100 ounces. One pip is 0.10 in the gold price, and the educational value is $10 per lot per pip. On a $10,000 account at 1% risk ($100) and a 20-pip stop, that is 0.50 lots, or 50 ounces. Pick XAU/USD and leave the other fields at those defaults to see the same figure. This is not your broker's contract, and it is not a live quote.
EURUSD position size at 1% risk
Cash at risk is the account balance times the risk percent. Lots are that cash divided by the stop in pips times $10, the educational pip value of one EURUSD standard lot. $10,000 times 1% is $100. A 20-pip stop costs $200 per standard lot, so the size is 0.50 lots, 50,000 units. Change the balance, the percent, or the stop in the form. The result updates on this page.
USDJPY position size when the account is not US dollars
One pip in USD/JPY is 0.01 in price. This page prices that pip at $6.67 per standard lot, an education figure for a US-dollar account. $10,000 at 1% risk and a 20-pip stop is 0.75 lots. If the account is not US dollars, this form does not ask for a conversion rate. Open the pip value calculator and type the rate yourself. No live quote is pulled.
1% risk versus 2% after a losing streak
Start from $10,000 and lose the risked slice ten times in a row, with nothing won back. At 1% about $9,044 is left. At 2% about $8,171 is left. The higher slice reaches a smaller account sooner. That is practice arithmetic for a paper sitting. It is not a forecast and not a promise about a live account.
Forex & Gold Standard Contract Specifications
Benchmark lot sizes, unit volumes, and pip values across major global assets.
| Asset / Symbol | Standard Lot Size | 1 Pip Movement | Est. Pip Value / Standard Lot |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUR/USD | 100,000 units | 0.0001 | $10.00 / lot |
| GBP/USD | 100,000 units | 0.0001 | $10.00 / lot |
| USD/JPY | 100,000 units | 0.01 | ~$6.67 / lot (at 150.00) |
| USD/CAD | 100,000 units | 0.0001 | ~$7.30 / lot (at 1.37) |
| XAU/USD (Gold) | 100 troy ounces | 0.10 ($1/oz = $100) | $10.00 / lot |
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