EUR/USD lot size calculator
How many lots of EUR/USD fit your risk. Enter the stop as a price and the calculator counts the pips, values them in your account currency and rounds to micro lots.
Risk is
Adds the risk to reward and what the trade makes if the target is reached.
Position size
0.40 lots
Loses $100.00 if the stop is hit (1% of the account).
= $2.50
Drag the stop or target line, or focus one and use the arrow keys. Each block is what one 0.01 lot loses at the stop.
- Money at risk
- $100.00
- Stop distance
- 25 pips
- Position value
- $44,000
- Risk to reward
- 1:2
- Makes at target
- $200.00
- Wins needed to break even
- 33%
EUR/USD at a glance
- Pip
- 0.0001
- Standard lot
- 100,000 euros: $10 a pip
- Mini lot (0.1)
- $1 a pip
- Micro lot (0.01)
- $0.10 a pip
- Account in euros
- $10 ÷ the EUR/USD price, per pip and lot
What a move is worth
| Move | 1 lot | 0.1 lot | 0.01 lot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 pip | $10.00 | $1.00 | $0.10 |
| 5 pips | $50.00 | $5.00 | $0.50 |
| 10 pips | $100.00 | $10.00 | $1.00 |
| 25 pips | $250.00 | $25.00 | $2.50 |
| 50 pips | $500.00 | $50.00 | $5.00 |
| 100 pips | $1,000.00 | $100.00 | $10.00 |
For an account in US dollars.
What a EUR/USD pip is worth
EUR/USD is priced in dollars, so its pip value in dollars never changes: 0.0001 × 100,000 = $10 a pip on a standard lot, $1 on a mini lot and $0.10 on a micro lot. Most platforms quote a fifth decimal, a tenth of a pip.
For an account in euros, those $10 are worth $10 ÷ the price in euros: at 1.1000, about €9.09 a pip. Pick your account currency in the calculator and it converts for you.
A worked example
Account $10,000, risk 1% = $100. You buy at 1.1000 with the stop at 1.0975: 25 pips. One standard lot loses 25 × $10 = $250 there, so $100 buys 0.4 lots, risking exactly $100.
Halve the stop to 12.5 pips and the size doubles to 0.8 lots for the same $100. Wider stops simply mean smaller lots.
Spread and slippage
The calculator measures from your entry price to your stop. Your broker's spread is paid on top, and a stop in a fast market can fill a pip or two worse. On tight stops that matters: a 1-pip spread is 10% of a 10-pip stop.