Risk per trade1.00%
0.253
Risk presets
Position size verdict
5 ES contracts keeps the 8-tick stop inside your 1.0% risk budget.
Contracts
5
Risk per contract
$100.00
8 ticks × $12.50
Actual risk
$500
1.00% of account
Tick value
$12.50/tick
ES (S&P 500)
Model assumptions
- Contracts are floored — actual risk is at or under your risk budget.
- Percent-based daily limits are computed against the account size you entered; firms anchor the calculation to start-of-day balance or equity, which can differ once the account is in profit.
- Slippage and commissions are not modeled — a real stop-out costs slightly more than the math.