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Position size

Size against the distance to your breach level, not against the account size. This is the calculation that keeps evaluations alive.

Your inputs
Instrument type

Not the account size — the distance to the level that closes the account.

Risk per trade
0.25%5%

$10 for most USD-quoted pairs on a 1.00 lot.

Loss if the stop is hit
Losers before you breach
Share of your buffer per trade
Above 2% and a normal losing run ends the account
That is a lot per trade

At this risk a run of five losers — normal for almost any strategy — leaves you close to the level that closes the account. Most funded traders size between 0.25% and 1% of the distance to their limit.

How this is calculated

Risk amount divided by the stop distance in value terms. For forex the value per pip per standard lot is used; for futures the tick value per contract. The result is capped by the distance to your breach level, because a position that is correctly sized against the account can still be wrong against the rule that closes it.