Stock Position Sizing Calculator
Use the Free Calculator below to quickly work out how many shares of a stock or ETF you should buy or sell to achieve your desired position size.
First enter your current account value, then enter the desired % of your account you want in the stock, then enter the current price of the stock or ETF, then it will show you how many shares to buy or sell.
If your account is in a currency other than USD and you're trading USD products you should first convert your account balance into USD using the currency converter below.
If you're copying one of our active investment strategies, then you can see the recommended position sizes for each strategy below and this is assuming you have a margin trading account with leverage up to 2:1 available.
Recommended position sizes for our 5 investment strategies;
All Weather Fund - 12.5% (x 10 positions = 125% total account leverage)
Equity Long Short - 7.5% (x 20 positions = 150% total account leverage)
ETF Pairs Trading - 20% (x 10 positions = 200% total account leverage)
MicroCap Deep Value - 5% (x 20 positions = 100% total account leverage)
SmallCap Growth Trend - 5% (x 25 positions = 125% total account leverage)