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Benjamin

Posted on • Originally published at prop-firm-risk-calculator.vercel.app

Position sizing for funded accounts: real tick values, not made-up numbers

Most prop-firm position size calculators I found use estimated contract specs. When you trade NQ or MNQ, the dollar-per-tick is a hard number that varies by symbol — and getting it wrong blows your daily loss limit.

RiskCalc uses real tick values for NQ, MNQ, ES, BTC, XAU and major FX pairs, then:

  • Sizes your position in contracts, lots or coins
  • Derives size from risk % x stop distance
  • Flags whether your plan respects common daily loss limits (e.g. 5% daily / 8-10% trailing)
  • Exports the whole trade plan

Free, client-side, no account: https://prop-firm-risk-calculator.vercel.app

Full methodology guide: https://prop-firm-risk-calculator.vercel.app/guides/prop-position-sizing

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