Professional traders never risk more than 1-2% of their account per trade. Use this tool to calculate exactly how many tokens to buy based on where your stop loss is placed.
Unlike traditional markets, cryptocurrency is incredibly volatile. If you are trading with leverage on exchanges like Binance or Bybit without a strict position sizing strategy, you are mathematically guaranteed to blow up your account eventually.
A professional Crypto Position Size Calculator helps you determine exactly how much money (and how many coins) to put into a trade based on your risk tolerance and where your stop loss is placed. It completely removes emotion from the equation.
If you have a $10,000 account and risk 1%, your risk amount is $100. If your stop loss distance is 4%, without considering fees, your position size would be $100 / 0.04 = $2,500. This calculator automatically factors in trading fees so your real loss is exactly $100.
Most professional traders risk between 1% and 2% of their total account balance per trade. Beginners should stick to 0.5% or 1%. This ensures that a losing streak won't wipe out your account.
Margin required is the actual amount of your own money you need to open the position. It is calculated by dividing your total Position Size by your Leverage.
Your risk is entirely determined by your Stop Loss placement and your Risk Percentage. Higher leverage simply means you put up less of your own margin to open the position.
Download the complete quantitative guide: Position Sizing Formulas, Prop Firm Drawdown Rules, and MQL5 Parameter Cheat Sheets.
